,transcriber's ,notes3 ,text enclosed by underscores is in italics 7italics71 and text enclosed by equal signs is in bold 7bold74 ,additional ,transcriber's ,notes are at the end4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,how ,,to ,,be ,a ,,detective ,by ,,old ,,king ,,brady 7,the ,world ,known ,detective74 ,in which he lays down some valuable and sensible rules for beginners1 and also relates some adventures and experiences of well known detectives4 ,,new ,,york3 ,,frank ,,tousey1 ,publisher1 #bd ,,union ,,square4 99 99 99 99 99 ,entered according to ,act of ,congress1 in the year #aijb1 by ,,frank ,,tousey1 in the ,office of the ,librarian of ,congress at ,washington1 ,d4 ,c4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,how ,,to ,,be ,a ,,detective ,by ,,old ,,king ,,brady4 ,,introductory4 ,,old ,,king ,,brady ,,tells ,,why ,,he ,,wrote ,,the ,,book4 ,some of my friends will no doubt wonder why ,i should leave the beaten track and contrary to the course ,i have always adopted of furnishing notes to my friend1 the ,new ,york detective1 write a book myself4 ,the fact of the matter is the number of boys who love to read my adventures has grown to be so numerous--it is away up in the hundreds of thousands ,mr4 ,tousey tells me--that their wishes have got to be respected4 ,for several years they have been asking for instructions from me which will transform them from school-boys into full-fledged detectives1 as though touched by a magician's wand4 ,the idea of such a thing6 ,but there are many who would like to become detectives if they could1 and are willing to take time to learn the business1 which1 believe me1 has to be learned like everything else4 ,of course there may be some 8smart ,alecks0 who have picked up the business--doubtless there are--but like extra smart people in other lines they do not often make it a success4 ,therefore ,i say that to give a series of rules which1 if followed1 will make a boy a detective1 would only be to make a fool of myself and my pupils too4 ,it can't be done4 ,in our business no two situations are ever alike2 the case you are working on to-day is totally different from the case of to-morrow1 and the case of next week different again from either1 and so it goes4 ,what ,i propose to do1 therefore1 is to tell how ,i made one boy--no1 two--detectives4 ,let their experiences serve for others to go by4 ,first1 however1 let me give a list of the particular qualities and attainments necessary to make a good detective1 and say also a few words on the different kinds of detectives--the good and the bad4 ,,qualifications ,,of ,a ,,good ,,detective4 #a4 ,indomitable courage and good health4 #b4 ,strict honesty4 #c4 ,a fair education4 ,necessary4 #d4 ,a knowledge of languages4 ,highly desirable4 #e4 ,the ability to read men readily4 7,this is a quality which will improve by practice4 ,it cannot be expected at first47 #f4 ,perseverance4 #g4 ,an agreeable disposition2 the ability to make one's self popular among men4 #h4 ,an acquaintance with the methods of changing the facial appearance and arranging disguises4 7,this is perhaps the hardest thing of all to acquire4 ,most detectives will not disclose these secrets4 ,the help of a good theatrical costumer1 or an actor should be sought4 ,practice makes perfect--don't forget that47 #i4 ,capability of careful thought and the ability to weigh evidence1 and not to allow yourself to be deceived by appearances4 #aj4 ,caution4 #aa4 ,control of the temper4 #ab4 ,last1 and most important of all1 ,common ,sense4 ,now ,i say that unless a boy possesses to a certain degree these twelve qualifications he better not think about becoming a detective4 ,the office is an important one and performs a great use in the world1 but it can easily be prevented and the detective degraded to the level of a hired spy4 ,never in my life have ,i undertaken a case where ,i have not at least believed that ,i was working on the right side4 ,i don't propose to sell my services to bad men to work out bad ends4 ,others are not so particular4 ,such are not true detectives--they are simply spies4 ,as to the means of getting the opportunity to learn the business of detective1 ,i can only say that it is just like everything else2 there are all sorts of ways4 ,application to some good private detective agency will give you that information4 ,if it is not convenient to do that1 consult some honest detective1 either police or private1 and he may be able to tell you how to get a start4 ,for a boy to throw up his business and go a stranger to any of our great cities with the idea of at once blooming out into a detective can only bring disappointment4 ,you have got to start right to come out right4 ,there are hundreds of detectives1 moreover1 who barely make a living4 ,only the experienced and the skillful grow rich1 for it is in this business precisely the same as in everything else4 ,only hard work1 patience1 pluck and perseverance will win the fight4 ,i remain1 my dear readers1 ,your obedient servant1 ,,james ,,brady4 ,new ,york1 ,april #a1 #ahij4 ,,chapter ,i4 ,a ,,letter ,,from ,,detective ,,kean4 ,one of the brightest and most successful of our ,new ,york detectives is ,mr4 ,samuel ,kean1 at present attached to ,pinkerton's ,agency4 ,he was one of my pupils1 and a better one ,i never had4 ,i have therefore selected a few of his early cases to illustrate the kind of work that a young detective has to engage in4 ,let him tell about his first case himself4 ,i thought it would be more interesting to let him do his own talking1 and accordingly wrote him and asked that he would describe his first case in his own way4 ,here is the answer ,i received3 ,,new ,,york1 ,march #bjth1 #ahij4 ,,my ,,dear ,,mr4 ,,brady1--,you ask me to write you a letter and tell you all about my first case and how ,i became a detective4 ,now it will be very easy for me to do this1 for ,i have never forgotten a single thing that happened that night1 and ,i don't believe ,i ever shall forget1 if ,i live to be a hundred years old2 and yet1 after all1 it wasn't much of a case4 ,it would have been mere child's play to you if you had been in my position1 which1 of course1 you wouldn't4 ,for you wouldn't have allowed yourself to be deceived the way ,i was--that's one thing sure4 ,i was between eighteen and nineteen then1 and had left school some six months before ,i got the idea of being a detective4 ,my father was dead against it from the start1 and my mother wouldn't let me even mention the subject1 but you see ,i had been reading about you and your wonderful cases in the ,,new ,,york ,,detective ,,library1 and ,i got an idea that ,i would like no better fun than to be a detective myself4 8,pooh6 ,you haven't got the courage to be a detective60 exclaimed my father one evening1 when ,i broached the subject for the hundredth time4 8,you'd run at the first fire1 ,sam40 8,did ,i get my cowardice from you1 sir80 ,i asked mildly4 8,not much6 ,you got it from----0 8,don't say it came from my side of the house1 ,mr4 ,kean60 snapped my mother4 8,my father was all through the ,mexican war1 and you got a substitute when they drafted you time of the ,southern rebellion4 ,the boy is a plaguey sight braver than you are40 ,now ,i had my mother on my side from that moment4 ,the result of my father's fling was a big family row1 which ended in the old gentleman's getting me a letter of introduction to you1 ,mr4 ,brady4 ,i took the letter down to your office one morning1 and that's the way it began4 8,i don't know about this10 was the first thing you said4 8,young men born with silver spoons in their mouths rarely make good detectives4 ,don't you think you'd better try your hand at some other line of business1 my friend80 ,i told you that ,i meant to be a detective if ,i died for it1 ,i believe1 or something of that sort4 ,i know ,i wanted very much to speak with you alone1 and felt rather mad because there was another person in the office1 a slim1 freckled-faced1 red-headed young chap of about my own age1 whose cheap dress showed that he belonged to the working classes4 ,i had rather a contempt for him1 and was just wishing he'd get out1 when you sent him out without my asking4 8,now that fellow has got the very kind of stuff in him that good detectives are made of10 you remarked1 and ,i remember ,i inwardly laughed at you4 8,why1 he's nothing but an ordinary street boy10 ,i thought to myself4 ,you know who ,i refer to--,dave ,doyle4 ,then you talked to me a long time1 and asked me all about my education and my health1 besides a whole lot of other questions1 which at the time seemed to me were of no account1 but which ,i now understand to be most important4 ,as almost every answer ,i gave seemed to be the very one you did not want1 ,i had just about made up my mind that you were going to reject me entirely1 when all at once you surprised me by saying that ,i could try it if ,i wanted to for two months1 after which you would either pay me something regular in the way of wages1 or tell me to get out4 ,i don't suppose you know it1 ,mr4 ,brady1 but when ,i left your office that morning ,i felt about nine feet high4 ,i was sure of success1 and ,i firmly believe that it was the very certainty ,i felt that made me succeed4 ,i was to report next day1 and ,i did so4 ,you put me in charge of a man named ,mulligan1 one of the lowest type of police detectives1 who was looking for a pickpocket called ,funeral ,pete1 a fellow who made a point of robbing people at funerals4 8,funeral ,pete0 had taken alarm1 and was in hiding1 and ,mulligan and ,i undertook to find out where4 ,well1 we didn't find out1 but ,i learned a lot of other things1 for ,mulligan dragged me through nearly every dive in ,new ,york4 ,i was amazed and not a little startled4 ,had ,i got to mix up with such dreadful people as these in order to make myself a detective8 ,it made me sick to think of it1 still ,i had no notion of turning back4 ,this state of affairs kept up for a couple of weeks4 ,first ,i was sent out with one detective1 then with another4 ,there was no disguising1 no shadowing1 nor shooting4 ,everything seemed terribly commonplace4 ,one night ,i spoke to you about my disappointment4 ,i told you this wasn't the sort of thing ,i wanted1 that ,i had expected to go about disguised with wigs and false mustaches1 carrying revolvers1 bowie-knives1 dark lanterns and handcuffs in my pockets1 and all that sort of thing4 ,how you laughed6 ,i shall never forget it4 8,why1 bless you1 some one's got to do the kind of work you're doing10 you said1 8and very often just such work becomes necessary in the most important cases4 ,however1 if you're tired of it ,i'll try you on another sort of a job and see how you make out40 ,you took me into the office and began to talk4 8,did you ever study bookkeeping80 you asked4 8,yes10 said ,i4 8,how good a bookkeeper are you80 8,i can do double entry40 8,as they teach it in schools80 8,yes40 8,humph4 ,i'm afraid that won't amount to much1 still1 you can try40 8,try what80 8,listen to me6 ,to-morrow morning you go down to ,no4 ---- ,broadway1 office of the ,eagle ,steamship ,line1 and say ,i'm the bookkeeper ,old ,king ,brady spoke of4 ,that will be enough4 ,they'll engage you40 8,what for80 8,to keep books1 of course40 8,but ,i don't want to be a book-keeper--,i want to be a detective40 8,hold on1 hold on6 ,a detective has got to be anything and everything4 ,you will take the job and go to work4 ,you will also keep your eyes open and try and find out who is robbing the safe every night or two1 of small amounts--do you understand80 8,ah6 ,i'm going to be put on a case at last then80 8,of course you are4 ,there is no information to give you except that some one of your fellow employees is a thief1 and ,i want to catch him4 ,you must watch every man in the office and you mustn't let one of them know that you are watching4 ,as for further instructions1 ,i haven't got any to give4 ,it is a case for you to show what you are made of4 ,i will give you one week to accomplish something in4 ,if you have nothing to report at the end of that time1 ,i shall put on another man40 ,wasn't that putting me on my mettle8 ,well1 ,i thought so then1 and ,i haven't changed my opinion since4 ,i resolved to show you what sort of stuff ,i was made of before the week had passed4 ,of course1 when ,i presented myself at the ,eagle steamship office ,i was engaged at once4 ,the line ran down to ,south ,america somewhere--,brazil1 if ,i remember rightly--and the proprietor's name was ,sandman1 a bald-headed1 snuffy old ,scotchman who was terribly exercised about the robberies1 but ,i felt very sure1 from what ,i heard the other clerks say1 that1 even if ,i did succeed in catching the thief1 ,i needn't look for any big reward1 for1 with one voice1 they pronounced ,mr4 ,sandman 8meaner than mud40 ,now the store occupied by ,mr4 ,sandman was on the west side of ,broadway and had a half-story opening on a level with the ,new ,church street sidewalk in the rear1 where the freight was kept and from which most of the shipping was done4 ,the clerks all had desks inside a big wire partition down near the door1 and old man ,sandman's office was in the rear1 while the safe which was being robbed stood between the last desk and the private office1 with only the door leading down into the freight department between4 ,i was immediately put to work on the outward freight book4 ,it was simple enough4 ,i hadn't the least trouble in keeping the book1 but how to worm myself into the secrets of my fellow clerks--there was the rub4 ,there were six of them altogether4 ,jim ,gleason1 the 8inward freight10 on my left2 old ,mr4 ,buzby1 the head book-keeper1 on my right2 ,hen ,spencer1 the foreign correspondent1 stood nearest the safe all day1 and then there was a fellow named ,mann1 another named ,grady1 and an office boy2 besides these1 there were the fellows in the freight department down-stairs4 ,which out of all this crowd was the thief8 ,never did ,i so fully realize my want of experience in the business as when ,i had been in the office of the ,eagle ,line a few days1 without being able to accomplish anything more than to get every one down on me4 8,he's always snoopin' about and listenin' to what a feller says10 ,i overheard ,grady say to ,mr4 ,buzby one day4 8,that's so10 replied the book-keeper4 8,i seen him peekin' into the safe the other day4 ,i don't see what old ,sandman wants him for anyhow4 ,he's slower than death about his work and as thick-headed as a mule40 ,i was in the closet blacking my boots at the time for it was near the hour to close4 ,oh1 how mad ,i was6 for ,i knew they were talking about me4 ,i made up my mind then and there that old ,buzby was the thief4 8,anyway10 ,i reasoned when ,i left1 soon after1 8if it ain't him1 who is it8 ,he's the only one besides ,mr4 ,sandman who has the key40 ,such was my theory at the end of the first week4 ,i pumped ,jim ,gleason next to me1 the pleasantest fellow in the whole office1 a little inclined to be fast1 perhaps1 if his everlasting chatter about girls1 policy and horse races meant anything1 but so kind1 and seemed to take such a fancy to me1 that ,i couldn't help liking him better than any one else in the crowd for all that4 ,from him ,i learned that the robberies had been going on for a long time1 even continued since ,i came there4 ,this greatly surprised me4 ,the safe was an old one1 he said1 and ,sandman was too mean to buy a better4 ,somebody who had a key was doing the stealing1 ,gleason thought1 and he openly hinted that ,mr4 ,buzby was the thief4 ,saturday night came1 and according to orders ,i went up to your office to report4 8,how are you getting on80 says you4 8,not at all10 says ,i1 8except that ,i'm certain that old ,buzby1 the book-keeper1 is doing the stealing40 8,can you prove it80 8,oh1 no60 8,what makes you think so80 8,the clerks all think so40 8,when you say all which ones do you really mean80 8,jim ,gleason for one--,spencer for another40 8,which one told you this80 8,gleason40 8,how came he to tell you80 8,well1 he works next to me1 and we got to talking40 8,did you tell him you were a detective80 you asked1 turning on me suddenly4 8,well1 ,i'm afraid he guesses it10 ,i replied1 turning red4 8,why80 8,from something he said40 8,after you had given yourself away80 ,i grew redder still4 8,i was asking him about the robbery1 and he suddenly asked me what ,i wanted to know so much about it for40 8,and what did you say80 8,i said1 #8of nothing1 just curiosity2' then he asked me how much they paid me1 and told me in a whisper that he'd caught on to my little racket1 and knew ,i was a detective40 8,and you denied it80 8,yes40 8,be very sure he didn't believe you10 you said4 ,then you told me that ,i was a fool to give myself away1 and ,i expected to hear you say 8don't go there again4 ,i'll put another man on10 but you didn't1 and ,monday morning ,i went back to the desk the same as usual4 ,i had no instructions from you how to act1 for we had been interrupted in our conversation1 and ,i hadn't seen you since4 ,monday night ,jim ,gleason asked me out to have a drink1 and ,i went and took a beer with him4 ,while we were in the saloon ,hen ,spencer dropped in4 8,so there's another new man taken on10 he remarked4 8,who80 asked ,gleason4 8,feller in the freight room down-stairs4 ,wouldn't wonder if he was a detective1 too4 ,i seen him snooping round old ,buzby's desk4 ,i only wish ,i wasn't dependin' on the old feller's good opinion to keep me solid with ,sandman1 ,i could tell a thing or two1 but there ain't no use4 ,the old man thinks the sun rises and sets in ,buzby's ear40 8,what could you tell80 ,i asked4 8,oh1 no matter40 8,have another drink80 8,well1 ,i don't mind10 he said1 and after that ,i treated to cigars and made myself as pleasant as possible1 bound to work it out of him before ,i got through4 ,and ,i succeeded4 ,we were seated at a table talking confidentially in a little while1 and ,i was flattering myself on my shrewdness in drawing young ,spencer out4 ,it happened that he had seen in old ,buzby's desk a false key to the outer door of the freight room1 which was supposed to be entirely in charge of the freight superintendent4 8,i tell you what it is1 fellers10 he added1 8if we could only manage to get that key and slip in there some night1 ,i have a key what would open his desk1 and ,i'm sure we'd find something among his papers to prove that he's the one who is prigging money from the safe40 ,i jumped at the idea4 8,get me the key for an hour10 ,i said1 8and ,i'll have another made40 8,great scheme60 cried ,jim ,gleason4 8,if you do that we may catch him in the very act4 ,look here1 ,hen1 ,i may as well tell you a secret4 ,mr4 ,kean is a detective4 ,he's put in the office to watch us40 8,shut up with your nonsense60 ,i cried4 8,i only want to help you fellows--that's all40 8,don't deny it10 persisted ,gleason4 8,i might have guessed as much10 said ,spencer4 8,i never seen a sharper fellow than you are1 ,sam ,kean4 ,don't you fret4 ,i'll snake the key out of old ,buzby's desk while he's at lunch to-morrow4 ,we'll have him where the wool is short and don't you forget it4 ,it'll serve him just right too1 for all his impudence to me40 8,how much has he taken altogether80 ,i asked4 8,why he reports that #ejj is missing so far10 was ,spencer's reply1 8but as he's doing the stealing himself1 how is one going to tell80 ,after that ,i did not attempt to deny to these two that ,i was in the office as a spy4 ,they got the key and ,i had the duplicate made4 ,thursday night was set for the execution of our little plan1 for the reason that ,spencer pretended to have been told by the old bookkeeper that he was going out of town that night4 8,i'll bet you what you like it's only a dodge10 he said4 8,that's the night he intends to make his next haul40 ,i was in high feather4 ,i had no orders to go to the office and report to you so ,i didn't go4 8,wait till ,i surprise ,mr4 ,brady by dragging ,buzby to the ,new ,church street station10 ,i said to myself1 for we three had agreed to do that very thing1 provided we caught him in the store4 ,when the store closed that evening ,i slipped down-stairs to try my key in the lock of the freight-room door4 ,all hands had gone1 or at least ,i supposed they had1 so ,i was awfully startled at having a slim young fellow with black hair and determined-looking face suddenly pop up from behind some cases and ask me what the mischief ,i was doing there4 ,really ,i forget what excuse ,i made1 but ,i know ,i lit out as soon as ,i could1 and made the best of my way up-stairs4 ,when ,i met ,gleason and ,spencer at a certain beer saloon in ,greenwich street at eleven o'clock that night ,i told them about it1 and could see that they looked worried4 8,that's the new hand1 ,jack ,rody10 said ,jim4 8,i hope he ain't one of ,buzby's pals10 added ,hen1 8but ,i wouldn't be one mite surprised if he was40 ,now ,i thought this was nonsense1 and ,i said so4 ,we got to talking about other things1 and there the matter dropped4 8,time's up1 boys10 said ,jim at last1 just as the clock struck twelve4 8,we'd better slip round there now4 ,there's just one thing that worries me though40 8,what's that80 asked ,hen4 8,suppose the cop catches us trying to enter the store40 8,well10 replied ,gleason4 8,sam can fix that4 ,he's got his shield ,i suppose40 8,i've got no shield10 ,i answered1 this disagreeable possibility occurring to me for the first time4 ,but ,i was a good deal worried4 ,i felt that it would be simply sickening to be arrested for burglary and have to send for you to get me out4 ,no such trouble occurred1 however4 ,we watched our chance and slipped in through the back door of the ,eagle ,line office without the slightest difficulty4 ,it was not until we got the door shut and locked that ,i began to wonder what we were going to do for a light4 8,oh1 ,i looked out for that10 whispered ,jim4 8,i've got a dark lantern40 ,he pulled it out1 lit it and flashed it round him4 ,there was no sign of ,jack ,rody1 though ,i must confess ,i half expected to see him spring up from behind the cases again4 8,old ,buz ain't here1 that's one thing sure10 whispered ,gleason1 when we got up-stairs into the office4 8,we'll lay for him an hour or so1 anyhow10 replied ,spencer4 8,mebbe he's been here already10 suggested ,jim4 8,suppose we open the safe and see if he's taken anything80 said ,spencer1 after a moment4 ,now ,i give you my word1 ,mr4 ,brady1 that this was the first ,i began to suspect there was anything wrong4 8,open the safe60 ,i exclaimed4 8,how are you fellows going to open the safe8 ,what do you mean80 8,we mean this10 hissed ,jim1 turning suddenly upon me1 8we are tired of playing a dangerous game for small stakes4 ,there's a thousand dollars in that safe to-night and we intend to have it1 and leave you here to be pulled in as the thief40 ,i was thunderstruck4 ,i saw it all4 8,you've been playing me for a sucker10 ,i blurted out4 8,i'll show you----0 8,no you won't60 breathed ,spencer1 drawing a revolver and thrusting it in my face4 8,we have been playing you for just what you are4 ,you pretend to be a detective6 ,bah6 you're nothing but a little squirt1 anyhow4 ,we'll fix you4 ,here1 ,jim1 give him his drink40 ,i fought like a tiger1 never heeding the revolver1 for ,i was sure they wouldn't shoot4 ,still ,i did not dare to make any outcry1 for that would be sure to bring matters to a crisis4 ,it was all over in a minute4 ,they had me down1 and1 while ,gleason held me1 ,spencer got a rope out of his desk and tied me4 ,then ,jim forced my mouth open1 while his companion poured a lot of whisky down my throat1 almost strangling me4 ,i seemed to be entirely powerless to help myself4 ,then ,i yelled like a good fellow4 ,all it amounted to was to cause them to jam a handkerchief in my mouth4 ,never before nor since have ,i been a prey to such terrible feelings as ,i endured while ,i lay there and watched those two scoundrels open that safe4 ,spencer was the one who had the key--a ridiculous old thing made up of a number of steel prongs which fitted in a slot4 ,i thought then and ,i still think that it served ,sandman just right to be robbed1 for trusting his money in such an old-fashioned affair4 ,well1 they opened it and they took the money from the cash-drawer1 shaking the bills in my face in triumph4 8,they'll find you here in the morning10 sneered ,gleason4 8,mebbe they'll believe your story1 and mebbe they won't4 ,anyhow your goose on the detective force is cooked4 ,next time you try to pump a fellow1 go at it in the right way40 ,of course ,i could say nothing--only stare helplessly4 ,i heard them laugh1 ,i saw them move toward the basement door4 ,then all of a sudden ,i saw the door fly open1 and a determined voice shouted3 8,drop that money1 gents1 and the shooter along with it1 or ,i'll drop you60 ,it was ,jack ,rody1 the new freight clerk4 ,his face was pale1 but determined1 as he stood there covering those two rascals with a cocked revolver in each hand1 and to my further surprise ,i saw that his hair was not black now1 but red4 ,then ,i knew him4 ,it was ,david ,doyle1 the young fellow ,i had met in your office the day ,i first called4 ,did we capture them8 ,well1 we just did4 ,rather1 ,i should say1 ,dave ,doyle did it4 ,he made them release me1 and then we took them to the station together1 and next day ,jim ,gleason confessed that he and ,spencer had done all the stealing4 ,you remember the end of it4 ,they turned out to be a couple of worthless fellows and went up to the ,elmira ,reformatory in the end4 ,you were not very hard on me for the ridiculous way in which ,i had managed the affair--not half as hard as you might have been4 ,that's the story of my first case1 ,mr4 ,brady1 and it taught me a lesson which ,i never forgot4 ,yours truly1 ,,sam ,,kean4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,note4--,i may as well add that ,i knew all about that midnight business from the first4 ,no sooner had ,sam ,kean told me of the conversation he had had with ,jim ,gleason than ,i suspected the fellow1 and put an experienced man to watch him nights4 ,i soon found that he and ,spencer were inseparable companions2 that they were drunkards and gamblers1 and capable of committing any crime4 ,kean had made a blunder very common with beginners in the detective business4 ,he had not properly weighed the evidence1 and had become a cat's-paw of the real criminal through allowing himself to be flattered4 ,i didn't blame him a bit4 ,when ,i first began to go about as a detective1 ,i fell into a similar trap several times4 ,i was so sure ,gleason and ,spencer were doing the stealing1 that ,i would have arrested them on suspicion and forced a confession out of them1 had it not been that ,i wanted ,sam ,kean to understand just how foolish he had really been4 ,well1 he found out--don't make any mistake about that4 ,a more thoroughly taken down individual you never saw4 ,after that he was willing enough to receive all the instructions ,i had a mind to give him4 ,you see ,i got ,doyle into the freight-room at the end of the week1 just as ,i told him ,i would1 but ,dave's appearance was altered by a black wig1 and ,sam never guessed who it was4 ,besides that ,i was in the cellar and came to the rescue at the proper moment4 ,it was ,dave and ,i who took those two young scoundrels around to the ,new ,church street station1 or rather ,i did the most of it1 for ,dave had all he could do to take care of ,sam4 ,do you notice that my account of the end of the affair differs slightly from his8 ,you will observe that he don't mention me at all8 ,well1 no wonder4 ,the poor fellow was so drunk that he did not know which end he was standing on that night4 ,he says they forced liquor down his throat after he was bound4 ,i know this to be true1 for ,dave saw them doing it through the key-hole2 but ,i'm afraid ,sam had taken several drinks before1 or the stuff would not have had the effect upon him that it did4 ,now this brings me to another and most important point--one that a young man in starting upon the career of a detective has got to pay more attention to than anything else4 ,as a detective you will often be thrown into positions where you have got to drink4 ,now a drinking detective is but a poor worthless creature1 as a rule4 ,then what are you going to do8 ,here1 again1 no rule can be laid down4 ,you must be guided by your constitution1 by your conscience1 by circumstances4 ,if you allow liquor to get control of you be very sure you will not be able to control your man4 ,to think this is to make a great mistake4 ,great criminals are seldom drunkards4 ,if they lead you to drink1 it is only that they may get the best of you in some way or other4 ,still1 to refuse absolutely1 would be to excite suspicion1 which leaves you between two fires1 as it were4 ,i can only warn you--,i cannot dictate4 ,the best way is to plead that liquor never agrees with you--too much never agrees with any one--and stick to temperance drinks4 ,if you feel that you must drink1 make your drinks as small as possible and as few4 ,some detectives have a knack of slyly turning their glass into the cuspidore or on the floor2 others make it a rule to call for gin and then fill another glass with an equal amount of water2 both the gin and the water being white they drink the latter and pretend to taste the gin4 ,these tricks may work satisfactorily if your man is under the influence himself1 but if he is sober you are pretty sure to get caught at it and have your plans spoiled4 ,whisky may have helped some detectives to make captures1 and procure information which could never have been obtained without its aid2 but on the other hand it has ruined thousands of young men who have set out to follow our business1 and sent them to a drunkard's grave4 ,,chapter ,,ii4 ,,caught ,,by ,a ,,hat4 ,very often a little thing will furnish a clew and bring the criminal into the hands of the law1 where all the shrewdness and vigilance in the world proves at fault4 ,the older ,i grow1 the more firmly ,i believe that circumstances have a great deal to do with the success of some detectives4 ,you may call it ,providence1 luck or whatever name you like4 ,you may lay out your plans in the most careful manner1 but you seldom follow them as you originally propose4 ,indeed1 a detective who cannot break one of his rules and change his mind to suit the occasion1 can never hope to be a success4 ,little things1 sudden ideas which seize hold of your mind1 often lead you to results which the best formed plans could never do4 ,such has ever been my experience1 and such also is the experience of my old pupil1 ,dave ,doyle1 who began to study under me at about the same time as ,sam ,kean4 ,dave was a smart fellow1 and a born detective1 although a young man of no education at all1 and for this reason unfitted for certain kinds of detective work4 ,let me introduce one case in particular where ,dave succeeded by following a sudden idea which seized hold of me4 ,later on ,dave began to get ideas of his own4 ,i will let him tell the story himself4 ,,dave ,,doyle',s ,,first ,,case4 ,when ,mr4 ,philander ,camm defaulted and ran away with #ajj1jjj of the funds of the ,bakers' ,bank there was the biggest kind of a row4 ,a big reward was offered to any detective who would get him1 and there seemed to be a chance that some one might earn it1 for it was believed that the thief hadn't left ,new ,york4 ,i had just gone to work for ,old ,king ,brady then1 and when ,i read the account in the papers ,i says to myself3 8,i wish ,i could scoop in that reward40 ,i went up to the office that morning and spoke to ,mr4 ,brady about it4 8,well10 he says1 8and if you did get him the reward wouldn't be yours by rights1 but mine4 ,ain't you working for me80 ,now ,i hadn't looked at the thing that way1 but ,i saw right off he was right4 8,i'd like to get it for you then10 ,i says4 8,that's another part of speech10 says he1 8and maybe you can4 ,i ain't got time to work up the case myself4 ,go ahead and see what you can do4 ,if anything comes out of it ,i won't be mean40 8,do you mean it80 says ,i4 8,of course ,i do10 says he4 8,you've got to take up a big case some time1 and this will be a good one to begin with4 ,you'll have every detective of any account against you1 though4 ,there ain't one chance in forty that you'll succeed40 ,wasn't that encouraging8 ,but ,old ,king ,brady always did put things straight and call a spade a spade4 8,what shall ,i do80 ,i asked him4 8,don't ask me10 he says4 8,make up some plan for yourself40 8,i s'pose he'll try and get away by some of the railroads80 ,i says4 8,i might go and watch for him at the depot40 8,can you watch all the depots at once1 ,doyle80 he says1 laughing4 8,then there's the steamboats1 too1 and you know he might take a notion to walk40 ,i saw at once that he was right2 then ,i asked him again what he'd do if he was in my place1 and owned right up that ,i had no ideas4 ,he thought a few minutes1 and then he said3 8,where does this man ,camm live80 8,don't know10 ,i says4 8,the paper says he is a bachelor1 and used to live in ,forty-sixth street1 but he gave up his room three weeks ago40 8,where did he come from80 8,paper says he was born in ,middlebury1 ,vermont10 ,i says4 ,then he went and got a geography and looked on the map4 8,if he came from ,middlebury he knows all about ,canada10 he says1 8and he'll be sure to steer north if he hasn't gone already4 ,if ,i was you ,i'd go up to the ,grand ,central ,depot1 and ask the man who sells the sleeping car berths if any one of his description has engaged a berth for to-night or last night4 ,it's most likely he's gone40 8,but he was seen at one o'clock this morning in the ,fifth ,avenue ,hotel10 ,i says4 8,how do you know80 he says4 8,because the papers say so8 ,that's no proof4 ,just like as not that was all a put up job4 ,go up to the depot first of all1 ,doyle1 and tell the fellow in the office ,i sent you4 ,he knows me40 ,well1 ,i went4 ,i had a good description of the defaulter from the papers1 but bless you6 ,i didn't need it4 ,the fellow in the sleeping-car office was fly and right up to business4 ,he knew all about it before ,i got there1 but the worst of it was he'd told what he knew to two other fellows before he told me4 8,that man engaged lower #aj for to-night10 he says1 8in the ,montreal express4 ,you won't be able to do nothing about it though4 ,there's two ahead of you watching already4 ,they think his taking the berth is only a blind1 and that he'll go up on one of the day trains40 ,i was that disappointed that ,i could have cried when ,i left the office1 for there stood ,ed ,duffy and old man ,pease a-laughing at me4 ,you see ,i'd been introduced to both of them by ,mr4 ,brady1 and they knew just who ,i was4 8,say1 young feller10 says ,duffy1 8you just go back and tell ,old ,king ,brady that he'd better come himself instead of sending a kid like you4 ',twon't make no difference1 though4 ,the fellow will be here in half an hour4 ,he's going to take the ten o'clock train40 ,wasn't ,i mad8 ,you'd just better believe ,i was4 ,when ,i went back to ,mr4 ,brady1 though1 he only laughed at me4 8,what do you 'spose them fellows do for a living80 he says4 8,they are up to their business as well as you or me40 8,i 'spose ,i may as well give it up10 ,i says4 8,not at all10 says he4 8,wouldn't do nothing of the sort4 ,i don't believe they're going to get him just because they happen to be laying for him1 and if you do you're a fool40 8,why1 don't you think he's off for ,montreal80 ,i says4 8,yes10 says he1 8of course1 but not that way4 ,the taking of that berth in his own name is a dead give away4 ,he'll never go over the ,central road40 8,what way1 then80 ,i says4 8,how do ,i know80 says he1 8but ,i've got an idea40 ,i asked him what it was1 and he told me to go down to the bank and try and find out where ,mr4 ,camm had been living for the last few weeks4 8,but ,i can't find out that10 ,i says4 8,others have tried it and failed4 ,how can ,i hope to succeed80 8,never you mind1 ,dave1 you go10 he says4 8,something tells me you will succeed40 ,so ,i went4 ,i had a note from ,mr4 ,brady to the bank president1 and he treated me civil enough4 8,i don't know where he lived1 and no one else don't neither10 he says4 8,he's kept himself in hiding for more'n three weeks40 8,ain't there anything here what belongs to him80 ,i asked1 for you see ,i'd been figuring it all out on the way down to the bank and it come to me somehow that this was what ,i wanted to say4 8,why there's lots of things10 says the president4 8,there's his old coat and two or three old hats1 and an umbrella and a couple of pair of old shoes1 but what does that amount to80 8,let me see 'em80 says ,i4 ,he showed me a clothes closet where the things were along with a lot of other rubbish4 ,i couldn't make nothing out of them1 although ,i examined everything carefully till ,i come to one hat--a plug--which looked to me to be new4 ,now you may laugh just as much as you please1 but ,i knowed right away as soon as ,i took the hat into my hands that ,i'd found what ,i was looking for4 8,this is a new one10 ,i says to the president1 who stood right behind me4 8,maybe4 ,i don't know nothing at all about it10 he says4 8,but it is10 says ,i4 8,it ain't never been worn at all4 ,did it come to the bank from the maker1 or did he bring it80 8,you'll have to ask ,camm2 ,i'll never tell you10 he says4 ,well1 now ,i'd just like to have had the chance to ask ,camm1 you bet4 ,but there wasn't any show then1 so ,i asked the man whose name was in the hat4 ,it was ,silverstein in the ,bowery1 a little dried-up ,jew4 ,now ,i expected nothing but to get fired out as soon as ever ,i went into the store1 so ,i just tried a little dodge4 ,i went in with a rush4 8,say60 ,i says4 8,mr4 ,brady wants to know who you sold this hat to80 ,silverstein looked as though he'd like to eat me4 ,they say he sells policy slips as well as hats1 and ,i reckoned on that to make him afraid4 8,what ,brady80 he says4 8,old ,king ,brady1 the detective10 says ,i4 8,mein freund1 how ,i can be ogspeged to know efery hat vat ,i sells4 ,who ,i sells him to--huh80 8,mr4 ,brady don't want to know who you sell all your hats to10 ,i say1 8he only wants to know who you sold this one to40 ,silverstein took the hat and examined it closely4 8,vell1 ,i tells you10 he said1 slowly4 8,i onderstand vat ,mr4 ,brady vants4 ,dis hat ,i sells to an old gustomer vat's named ,camm40 8,yes1 yes4 ,but where did you deliver it2 or did he take it with him when he bought it80 8,i send him10 says ,silverstein4 ,it was like pulling teeth to get a word out of him1 but ,i saw that sooner or later he meant to tell4 8,where did you send the hat80 8,to ,brooklyn40 8,whereabouts in ,brooklyn80 ,he looked in his order book and told me it was a certain number on ,rockaway avenue1 which1 by the way1 was in that part of ,brooklyn then known as ,east ,new ,york4 ,at that time it was all lots out there1 with only a few straggling houses and plenty of geese1 goats and pigs4 ,it's a little better now1 but as it was then ,i wouldn't have lived there if they'd given me a house rent free4 ,i went out to ,east ,new ,york late that afternoon1 for ,i wanted to talk to ,old ,king ,brady first off1 and ,i had to wait for him to come in4 8,you're on the right track10 he said4 8,go1 and good luck go with you4 ,do you think you can arrest him if you happen to get the chance80 8,well1 now1 there'll be a rough fight if he gets away from me10 ,i says4 8,go on10 he says1 8and don't let me see you again till you have something to report40 ,now that kind of worried me1 for ,i didn't feel at all sure that ,i was going to find my man just because ,i'd got the number of the house where he sent the hat4 ,on the way out to ,east ,new ,york ,i got to thinking suppose ,i was the defaulter what would ,i do8 ,would ,i come back to the city and run the risk of being taken if ,i was hiding out there in the lots8 8,not much60 ,i says to myself4 8,i'd just keep right on by the ,long ,island railroad1 get to ,greenport and cross over to ,new ,london1 where ,i could take the train on the ,northern railroad straight to ,montreal40 ,why1 it was a splendid chance4 ,the more ,i thought about it the more ,i seemed to see how splendid it was4 8,he's done it6 ,i'll just bet a dollar he's done it60 ,i thought4 8,the taking of that berth on the ,central was a blind just as ,old ,king ,brady said4 ,he's gone already1 ,i make no doubt40 ,however1 ,i kept right on4 ,you never seen such forlorn houses as these were in all your born days4 ,there was a whole row of them1 many as a dozen altogether4 ,the windows were all broke and the doors bursted in1 and in one or two places the folks in the neighborhood had carried away a whole lot of the weather-boards to burn4 ,there was only two houses in the whole row what had folks living into them1 and one of them was the very number ,i wanted4 ,i tell you ,i was all in a shake when ,i knocked on the door--there wasn't no bell4 ,when the woman came to the door ,i had my little story all ready4 8,here's ,mr4 ,camm's hat1 mum10 ,i says1 8,i came over from ,mr4 ,silverstein's in the ,bowery4 ,there's a dollar to pay40 8,no1 there ain't60 she blurted right out mad like1 then she switched up all of a sudden and looked scared like4 8,i don't know what yer talkin' about10 she says4 8,there ain't nobody of that name here4 ,you must have got the wrong house40 ,i was half way through the door1 and tried to get the whole way in1 but she sorter got in front of me and worked me out into the airy4 8,you needn't try to crowd in here10 she says4 8,get off with your lies and your hat40 8,say1 you don't expect me to lug that hat-box all the way back to the ,bowery10 ,i says4 8,mr4 ,silverstein has sent hats to this house before1 and ,i guess you can't fool me if you try40 ,but ,i want you to understand that she would slam the door in my face1 and she did4 ,just as ,i was backing out of the yard ,i heard a slight rattle of the blinds at one of the upper windows4 ,i looked up and caught a glimpse of a man's face looking at me through the slats4 8,say1 is this your hat1 mister80 ,i hollered4 ,the face disappeared4 8,by thunder1 ,i've a good mind to chuck the thing in the lot sooner than lug it all the way back to ,new ,york10 ,i hollered again1 loud enough for any one to hear4 ,then ,i walked off like ,i was mad4 8,that's him60 ,i thought to myself4 8,that's ,camm40 ,now1 how did ,i know8 ,couldn't tell you if ,i was to try1 but ,i did know4 ,i never had no more doubt about ,camm being in that house from that minute than ,i have that ,i'm ,dave ,doyle4 ,and ,i was right4 ,wait till you hear what ,i did1 and you'll see4 ,i did chuck away the hat-box--,i had no further use for it4 ,i threw it in a lot1 and went over to the ,howard ,house1 where the train on the ,long ,island ,railroad used to start from and stop in them days1 and looked at a time-table4 ,right away ,i seen that there was a train for ,greenport at half past eight4 ,it was then pretty near six o'clock4 ,back ,i goes and lays around the lots a-watching4 ,part of the time ,i was up at the end of the row1 hiding in one of the unoccupied houses4 ,part of the time ,i kept between them and the ,howard ,house1 for ,i felt dead sure my man would come out sooner or later4 ,at quarter to eight ,i was round in front1 hiding behind a tree and watching the front door1 when all at once it came flashing over me1 8,what's to hinder him from going out the back way and cutting across lots80 ,i run up the street to the end of the row1 where ,i could get a view of the lots in the rear4 ,sure enough6 ,there was a man all muffled up to the eyes in a big ulster coat1 traveling across lots toward the ,howard ,house1 carrying a black leather grip sack in his hand4 ,was it ,mr4 ,camm8 ,it might have been him1 or1 for that matter1 anybody else4 ,how did ,i even know he came out of that house at all8 ,i cut after him1 not running1 of course1 but walking fast enough to gain on him some4 ,this ,i could see was making him nervous1 and he began to walk all the faster4 ,i took it for a good sign that it was really ,camm4 8,if he buys a ticket for ,greenport1 ,i'll grab him10 says ,i to myself4 ,i took a good look at him1 wondering how much fight there was into him4 ,he wasn't a very big feller1 and ,i was considered a perfect terror down in the fourth ward1 so ,i wasn't afraid4 8,i'm good for two like him10 thinks ,i1 and ,i pinned my shield on inside my coat1 so as to show if a crowd tried to hustle me4 ,but1 gracious6 you never know how things is going to come out4 ,we'd got pretty well over to the ,howard ,house by this time1 and right ahead1 between him and the station1 was a lot of empty freight-cars standing4 ,he struck around the cars on one side and me on the other4 ,when ,i got onto the platform there wasn't nothing of him to be seen4 ,thunderation1 wasn't ,i mad6 8,he's given me the slip10 ,i thought4 8,he's tumbled to my little racket10 and ,i ran around on the other side of the cars1 thinking he must have dodged back4 ,but he wasn't there4 ,i couldn't see nothing of him no where4 ,i bet you ,i was just about the sickest fellow in ,east ,new ,york then4 ,had he slipped into one of the freight cars8 ,i thought so1 and ,i was just going to look when all of a sudden the train came thundering in4 ,it was a sort of a switch train4 ,it ran down from ,jamaica and then went right back again1 passengers changing cars at ,jamaica for the regular trains on the ,long ,island road4 ,now ,i hardly knew what to do4 ,the conductor was yelling all aboard1 and there wasn't a minute to lose4 ,the train1 as it stood1 was right close alongside these empty freight cars1 and it would have been an easy matter for a man to step from one to the other4 8,that's what he means to do10 thinks ,i1 and ,i jumped into the forward car1 which was nearest to where ,i stood1 and began to hurry through the train4 ,he wasn't in that car1 nor in the next4 ,just as ,i crossed the platform to the car the train started1 and ,i began to think he'd given me the slip altogether1 for he wasn't in the last car either1 as far as ,i could see4 ,i ran through the car as fast as ,i could with my mind made up to jump off the platform4 ,when ,i got to the rear door and was just about to open it1 ,i suddenly saw my man jump from one of the empty freight cars as we passed and land on the platform right before my eyes4 ,you oughter see me open that door6 ,i was out on the platform in a second4 ,he gave one look at me and seemed to know just what ,i wanted1 too1 for he out with a gun and rammed it right in my face4 8,blast you6 ,i'll never be taken alive60 he hissed4 ,but ,i gave the shooter one clip and sent it flying off the train4 8,help6 ,murder60 he yelled as we went sweeping past the platform of the ,howard ,house4 ,i grabbed him by the throat and had him down in a minute4 ,two men jumped into the car and grabbed me4 8,he's a thief6 ,he's trying to rob me60 he hollered4 8,i'm a detective--he's a defaulter6 ,help me1 gents60 ,i said1 as cool as ,i could4 ,well1 we got him--that's all there is to it4 ,more than that we got the boodle--a hundred thousand clear4 ,it was all in the bag4 ,they stopped the train and we took him off4 ,one of the fellers what had jumped on was a policeman1 and he helped me take him to the ,east ,new ,york station4 ,we found a ticket for ,greenport on him and a time-table of the ,northern ,new ,london ,railroad4 ,i never had the least doubt but what he'd a-got through safe to ,montreal if it hadn't been for ,mr4 ,brady sending me out to ,east ,new ,york that night4 ,as for the reward1 ,old ,king ,brady scooped it in1 and a big laugh we had on ,detective ,duffy and the old man ,pease1 who hung around the ,grand ,central till midnight watching for their man who never came4 8,but it was only guess work after all10 says ,old ,king ,brady1 when he gave me a big lump of money out of the reward a couple of weeks later on4 ,very true4 ,it was all guess work4 ,but there's something funny about ,old ,king ,brady and his guesses4 ,somehow or other he manages to guess right nine times out of ten4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,note4--,now this case is only a sample of a good many4 ,i don't know why ,i got the impression that ,mr4 ,camm would try to reach ,montreal by the ,long ,island road1 but ,i had it as well as ,dave ,doyle4 ,i don't know why ,i get half my impressions1 but ,i always follow them1 and they don't often lead me astray4 ,one thing in particular is very strongly illustrated by this case which a young detective should always remember1 and it is something which the majority of our oldest hands are pretty apt to forget4 ,don't trust to appearances4 ,they are pretty sure to lead you astray4 ,put yourself in the place of the criminal4 ,try and fancy how you would act if you were placed in his position1 and be guided in what you do thereby4 ,now here is a rule and it is a good one--yet it is not always safe to follow it4 ,there is another thing to be considered--the intelligence of the criminal4 ,mr4 ,camm was an intelligent man--emphatically so4 ,was it to be supposed that an intelligent man making off with a hundred thousand dollars would openly engage a berth in a sleeping car in his own name8 ,decidedly not4 ,it was a blind on the face of it4 ,if ,i had been in his place ,i would never for an instant have expected any one to be deceived by so transparent an action1 but ,i took another thing into consideration4 ,mr4 ,camm was not as well used to the methods of criminals as ,i was1 therefore ,i did not blame him for thinking that he might deceive the detectives by his little game4 ,and was he so far out of the way either8 ,evidently not1 since he did fool ,detective ,duffy and my friend ,mr4 ,pease completely1 and this brings me to another point4 ,some detectives can never see beyond the length of their noses4 ,they seize upon the first clew offered and hold to it like grim death1 never stopping to think that what they consider a clew may be only a bait4 ,such men can never make their mark in this business1 no matter how long they stick at it4 ,they are constantly getting into hot water1 and have only themselves to blame4 ,now a word more about my young friend ,doyle4 ,he is sharp1 shrewd and persevering1 but in spite of it he is only adapted to certain kinds of work1 and can never hope to become a great success4 ,why8 ,simply because he is not possessed of all the qualifications ,i have laid down4 ,dave lacks education4 ,he has never in his life moved in good society4 ,often it becomes necessary for a detective to disguise himself as a high-toned gentleman and move in the best society of the land4 ,to send ,dave ,doyle on such a mission would be worse than nonsense4 ,he would fail before he had the chance to begin4 ,take a case where it is necessary to track a man through the slums and ,dave hasn't his equal4 ,take a case of shadowing where untiring vigilance and bulldog pertinacity are the principal requirements1 and he is there1 too1 but in disguises he's just nowhere4 ,that freckled face and red hair of his is a dead give away--you understand what ,i mean4 ,to be a successful detective a man must be a thorough gentleman in every sense of the word4 ,a gentleman can adapt himself to the lowest as well as those who are higher in the social scale1 but the case cannot be reversed4 ,there are many cases where even ,i would be useless4 ,suppose1 for instance1 it were necessary to worm our way into the confidence of a young lady4 ,what could an old man like me hope to accomplish in a case like that8 ,nothing1 of course4 ,it would be necessary to have an assistant1 either a good-looking young man or a woman4 ,so you see no detective can cover the whole ground1 and you must not only know how to choose your assistants1 but how to use them to the best advantage4 ,that's where the all important qualification of good judgment and common sense comes in4 ,,chapter ,,iii4 ,,shadowing4 ,the art of shadowing is perhaps one of the most difficult things a detective has to learn4 ,i mean1 of course1 difficult to become a good shadow--of the ordinary species1 dogging the steps of the suspected criminal1 giving themselves away at every possible opportunity1 we have plenty and to spare4 ,it is not an easy matter to shadow some men unsuspected1 and yet there are others whom one could follow half around the world and never a suspicion aroused4 ,thus the ease or difficulty in the case of shadowing depends as much on the subject as upon the shadower2 still a good shadower can accomplish wonders even with a difficult subject if he only gives his mind to his work4 ,the best shadows are men of common minds and insignificant appearance1 who will pass readily without special notice in a crowd4 ,men with strong minds and intense will power are apt1 by the very intensity of their thought1 to impress their subject with their presence1 which he soon detects and the usefulness of the detective is gone4 ,now for these very reasons ,i do not consider myself a good shadower1 although long experience has enabled me to become quite expert at the business nevertheless4 ,i am too tall2 my appearance is too marked4 ,i can1 it is true1 change my appearance by disguises1 but ,i cannot add to or take from my stature1 and my victim soon falls to wondering why so many tall men keep following him--from that moment my usefulness is gone4 ,i always choose medium sized men with light brown hair and mild blue eyes for shadows1 when ,i can get them4 ,a boy makes a splendid shadow4 ,i have used them a great deal1 and often very successfully4 ,a woman if she is shrewd makes the very best of shadows for a man1 but a very bad one for another woman4 ,my experience has shown me that most men seldom notice plain women in the street1 although the contrary is generally believed to be the case4 ,of course in all this ,i allude to city work4 ,out in the country it is altogether different4 ,there the shadow must worm himself into the confidence of his subject and travel with him4 ,he will surely lose him if he don't4 ,and this is often done1 and most successfully4 ,i once sent a young man all over ,south ,america with a defaulting bank cashier4 ,it was necessary to inveigle the fellow upon ,united ,states soil before he could be arrested4 ,to do this was difficult4 ,my man first struck him in the city of ,mexico and made his acquaintance at a hotel1 taking pains to get an introduction to him which put him on a proper footing at the start4 ,for over a year he stuck to him and they grew to be like brothers4 ,they visited ,brazil1 ,chili1 ,buenos ,ayres and ,peru2 eating together1 sleeping together1 and all that sort of thing4 ,long before the year was over the defaulter confessed the whole story to my man4 ,he had taken #ajj1jjj and had it all with him in gold and bills of exchange except what had been spent in his wanderings4 ,one day while at ,callao1 ,peru1 my man induced him to visit an ,american man-of-war then lying in the harbor4 ,this was the opportunity for which he had been so long seeking1 and he immediately revealed himself and placed the defaulter under arrest1 for to all intents and purposes they were then on ,american soil4 8,my ,god6 ,jim1 you can't mean it60 the poor wretch exclaimed4 8,and ,i loved you so60 ,then he covered his face with his hands and cried like a child4 ,he brought him back on the man-of-war and the bank recovered #fj1jjj by the operation2 the balance had been used up for expenses1 and went to pay me the cost of the detective's trip1 which ,i personally advanced4 ,now this was a shrewd piece of work4 ,i admired my man for it from a business standpoint1 but from a moral one ,i despised him4 ,i never could have done what he did in the world4 ,it ain't my nature4 ,it needs a consummate hypocrite to successfully play such a role as that4 ,but such men are necessary to the detective force1 and we must have them4 ,i suppose all my readers are aware that we make use of thieves1 gamblers and other hard characters very often to assist us in our work4 ,we have got to do this4 ,we could not get along at all if we didn't4 ,yet we never trust them one inch further than our interests are concerned2 if we did we should get fooled every time4 ,so you see there are shadows and shadows1 and the only rule ,i can lay down is the rule of common sense4 ,in shadowing use your judgment4 ,employ such means as circumstances seem to demand4 ,disguises will help you--are often entirely necessary1 but it don't do to put too much dependence on them4 ,common sense1 quickness of thought1 and a glib tongue will do more for the shadow than the best disguise ever made4 ,i remember a very clever piece of double shadowing accomplished shortly after ,sam ,kean began to study with me4 ,as ,i sent him west soon after it occurred it became necessary for him to write out a deposition of the case to be used by the district attorney in preparing the trial of this criminal4 ,i happened to come across a copy of that document in my desk the other day1 and may as well incorporate it here4 ,i will call it ,,the ,,story ,,of ,,the ,,jewel ,,thief4 ,on a certain afternoon in ,february1 ,i was sitting in ,mr4 ,brady's private office1 waiting to receive instructions1 when the boy brought in two cards4 ,they bore the names of ,mr4 ,marcus ,welton and ,mr4 ,j4 ,denby ,opdyke4 8,two high-toned ducks40 ,i immediately thought4 8,skip into that closet1 ,kean10 old ,king ,brady whispered to me4 8,i want you to have a good look at these fellows1 and listen to what they say4 ,you know where the peep-hole is1 or you ought to1 for ,i showed you the other day40 ,i knew1 and in a moment ,i had my eye glued against it4 ,i was not mistaken in my estimate of the visitors4 ,they were a couple of dudes of the most pronounced sort4 ,welton was short and sallow1 with big bulging eyes1 a drawling voice4 ,he looked what he was--a society fool4 ,his companion1 however1 was quite different4 ,he was a tall1 handsome fellow1 with brown hair1 shrewd gray eyes1 and a determined mouth2 yet there was something about his face which repelled me at once4 ,both men were dressed in the most pronounced fashion of the day1 and bore every evidence of possessing abundant means4 8,aw1 ,mr4 ,bwady1 you got my note left here yestawday1 ,i dessay10 drawled ,welton4 8,i did1 sir10 replied the detective in his usual quick way4 8,be seated1 please40 ,they accepted the invitation and ,welton continued3 8,what ,i want to see you about is a private mattaw4 ,for some time past there have been wobbowies of jewelry in some of our best society4 ,these wobbowies always take place on the occasion of parties or balls40 8,yes1 sir10 said ,old ,king ,brady as he paused4 8,we want you to catch the thief10 said ,mr4 ,welton4 8,my--aw--mother has been wobbed of a lot of diamonds4 ,they were taken when she gave her ball a week ago4 ,i want them--aw--wecovered4 ,my fwiend1 ,mr4 ,opdyke1 has a fwiend who has been wobbed4 ,mrs4 ,porthouse1 widow of ,admirwal ,porthouse of the ,navy4 ,no doubt you knew the admiral4 ,she has lost diamonds too--she wants them wecovered40 8,and very valuable ones they were1 ,i assure you1 sir10 put in ,mr4 ,opdyke1 who did not lisp4 8,but have you no clew to the thief1 gentlemen8 ,nothing to go by80 asked the detective4 ,no1 they had absolutely nothing to offer4 ,they wanted the thief caught and the diamonds recovered--they had no ideas beyond that4 ,old ,king ,brady thought a moment4 8,when does society give its next ball1 gentlemen80 he asked4 8,to-night at ,mrs4 ,lispenard's10 answered ,mr4 ,welton1 promptly4 8,very good4 ,to-night ,i will have a detective at ,mrs4 ,lispenard's1 and we will see what can be done40 8,give him a letter to me and ,i'll post him10 said ,mr4 ,opdyke4 8,my office is at ,no4 -- ,wall street4 ,let him come before three40 8,very good10 replied ,old ,king ,brady1 and they left4 ,now ,i fully expected that ,i was going to be sent out on that case1 but ,i wasn't4 ,when ,i came out of the closet ,old ,king ,brady had nothing to say about it1 and didn't allude to the matter for nearly five weeks--in fact till after ,lent4 ,one day he called me aside and said1 8,you remember those two dudes who called on me that day you hid in the closet80 8,yes10 said ,i4 8,i sent a man to ,opdyke10 he said1 8and just as ,i supposed there was nothing taken that night40 8,surely you don't suspect ,mr4 ,opdyke gave you away80 ,i exclaimed4 8,i do4 ,he may not have done it intentionally1 but ,i'm certain he did it4 ,i also have other suspicions4 ,i've been quietly looking into this case40 8,and your suspicions are80 8,no matter4 ,i want you to take a hand in it1 ,kean40 8,all right1 sir10 ,i said1 willing enough4 8,to-night ,mrs4 ,welton1 the mother of that young squirt1 gives a ball4 ,you are to be present4 ,you will be admitted without question1 for the servant who tends the door will be one of my men40 8,and then1 sir80 8,and then you'll catch the jewel thief if you can10 he replied1 somewhat testily4 8,but have you no instructions80 ,i asked4 8,no1 sir4 ,how can ,i have instructions when ,i don't know anything about the matter8 ,do the best you can4 ,i select you because you are a gentleman and have moved in good society4 ,i expect you to catch that jewel thief to-night ,mr4 ,kean40 8,but10 ,i protested1 8ain't you expecting too much80 8,that remains to be seen1 sir40 8,i thought ,mrs4 ,welton's diamonds were stolen80 8,bless my soul1 sir60 he exclaimed1 8the woman is worth four or five millions--don't you suppose she's bought new ones8 ,go1 now1 and do your very best40 ,i left the office feeling that ,i had shouldered a big responsibility4 ,hurrying home ,i dressed in my swallow tail and took a cab to ,mrs4 ,welton's4 ,i had cards with all sorts of names engraved on them then4 ,i remember the one ,i handed to the butler bore the name of ,mr4 ,winfield ,went4 ,i eyed the man and saw at a glance that he was disguised4 ,i thought ,i recognized him1 but more on that matter later on4 ,once by the door1 of course ,i passed into the parlors unchallenged1 my assumed name was announced1 and ,mrs4 ,welton greeted me most effusively4 ,whether she knew me or not for what ,i really was ,i cannot say4 ,mr4 ,opdyke was there1 and so was ,marcus ,welton1 but ,i am sure neither of these gentlemen had the faintest suspicion that ,i was not straight4 ,the parlors were a perfect blaze of light2 beautiful women and correctly attired men were moving in every direction2 hidden behind a bank of flowers a noted orchestra discussed ,lanner1 ,strauss1 ,offenbach1 and other noted composers of that day4 ,did ,i join in and dance8 ,well1 now1 you may be very sure ,i did4 ,fortunately there was no one present whom ,i knew1 for ,mrs4 ,welton's was several pegs higher than any house ,i had ever visited before4 8,what in the world am ,i to do80 ,i kept thinking4 8,where am ,i to begin80 ,it was a puzzler1 but ,i hadn't learned the secret of patient waiting then4 ,after supper ,i strolled into the smoking-room4 ,there were a lot of gentlemen there1 ,mr4 ,opdyke among the rest4 ,i had no more than crossed the threshold than ,i perceived that they were talking about the jewel thief4 8,he's given you one call1 hasn't he1 ,welton80 asked a ,mr4 ,dalledouze4 8,yaas10 drawled ,welton4 8,he got away with a lot1 too4 ,but my mother has weplaced them4 ,she don't wear diamonds to-night1 because she's afraid to show them1 but there's ten thousand dollars' worth in her dressing-case up-stairs1 all the same40 8,gad6 ,i wouldn't blow about it if ,i was you then10 spoke up a ,mr4 ,partello4 8,whoever the jewel thief is1 be very sure he passes for a gentleman4 ,he may be right among us now for all we know40 ,then everybody looked at me because ,i was a stranger1 and ,i haven't the least doubt that some of them put me down for the thief4 8,he's bound to be caught sooner or later1 though60 said ,mr4 ,opdyke4 8,sure10 replied ,partello4 8,no balls given without detectives now1 gentlemen40 8,i'm surprised10 ,i put in1 8not to see one here to-night40 8,how do you know there ain't one80 demanded ,opdyke1 putting his single glass into his eye1 and staring at me4 8,is there one80 ,i asked1 as innocent as you please4 8,i know nothing about it10 he said1 shortly4 ,i turned away1 and began talking to a gentleman who stood near me4 ,but ,i kept my eye upon everybody in the room4 8,if the thief is here1 he heard ,welton's foolish boast about the diamonds10 ,i reflected4 8,if he heard that he will try to get them1 and there's no better chance than now1 while the gentlemen are busy with their cigars40 ,i watched curiously to see who would be the first to leave the room1 and made up my mind that ,i had got to do a little shadowing4 ,i was right4 8,welton60 exclaimed ,mr4 ,opdyke suddenly4 8,i don't want to hurt your feelings1 old fellow1 but these cigars of yours are not worth a continental40 8,bought 'em at ,lark and ,gilford's anyhow60 retorted ,welton4 8,they cawst twenty dollars a hundred1 by ,jove1 so they ought to be good40 8,pshaw6 ,price has got nothing to do with it10 cried ,opdyke4 8,let me give you a cigar that ,i've struck4 ,it's in my overcoat pocket4 ,i'll fetch it in just one minute4 ,you wait40 ,now ,i had made up my mind to follow the first man who left the room1 and consequently ,i started to follow ,mr4 ,opdyke4 ,of course ,i had to wait a moment for decency's sake1 then ,i hurried out to the coat-room4 ,i went straight1 too4 ,mr4 ,opdyke was not there4 8,where's that gentleman who was here a second ago1 ,sam80 ,i asked of the darky who had charge of the coats4 8,warn't no gemplum here1 sah60 replied the fellow grinning1 for ,i had tipped him a dollar4 8,sure80 8,suah as death1 sah40 ,i retreated4 ,but ,i had not gone two steps before ,i met ,mr4 ,opdyke coming along the hall4 8,got through smoking80 he asked1 nodding pleasantly4 8,yes10 ,i replied4 8,you were right about those cigars40 8,of course ,i was40 8,did you get those of yours80 8,oh1 yes4 ,just got them from my top coat4 ,have one80 8,thank you40 ,i accepted the weed1 but ,i knew that it didn't come from his coat4 8,madame10 said ,i to ,mrs4 ,welton1 drawing her aside a few moments later4 8,i have a confession to make60 8,what is it1 ,mr4 ,went80 ,she was all smiles as she put the question1 and when ,i informed her that ,i was a detective she didn't look a bit disturbed4 8,well1 sir1 what is it80 she asked4 8,i knew a detective was in the house1 but ,i confess ,i did not suspect you40 8,i want you to go immediately and look at your jewel case10 ,i whispered4 ,she turned pale1 and yet she ought to have expected it4 8,you don't mean----0 she began4 8,but ,i do1 though4 ,which is your room1 madam80 ,she told me4 ,it was close to the door of that room that ,i met ,mr4 ,opdyke with his cigars4 ,mrs4 ,welton took my advice4 8,i'll wait for you at the foot of the stairs10 ,i whispered4 ,in a moment she came back1 looking paler still4 8,every diamond has been taken10 she whispered1 excitedly1 8and you know the thief80 8,pardon me1 madam2 ,i only suspect40 8,who80 8,no matter40 8,not--not my son80 8,thank ,god1 no1 ,mrs4 ,welton40 ,she looked relieved4 8,don't you arrest him here60 she said1 hurriedly4 8,i'd rather lose the diamonds twice over than to have it occur in my house4 ,i'll reward ,mr4 ,brady handsomely if the jewels are recovered1 but it must be done somewhere else40 ,she left me1 and ,i at once got my hat and coat and hurried to the street4 ,as ,i passed out ,i noticed that there was another doorkeeper now1 but ,i thought nothing of it at the time4 ,did ,i suspect ,opdyke then8 ,i did1 and with reason4 ,when ,i started to go back to the smoking room he was in the coat room getting ready to leave4 ,i did not stop to speak or delay a moment1 but just tipped the darky a wink1 got my coat and slid out ahead4 8,i'll shadow that man10 ,i thought4 8,it won't do to arrest him and get left40 ,candidly1 ,i hardly cared to undertake the job1 for he was a big1 powerful fellow and had ,mr4 ,dalledouze with him4 ,i slipped across the street1 changing my opera hat for a slouch felt1 and putting on a false mustache4 ,there ,i stood behind a tree peering out and watching the steps of the ,welton mansion with eager eyes4 ,i was disappointed when ,i saw them come out together1 but it couldn't be helped4 ,it was then just one o'clock4 ,they passed me and never suspected1 still talking about the cigars4 ,then ,i glided after them and saw them enter the ,brunswick4 ,they went into the bar-room and so did ,i1 but ,i simply passed in one door and out the other4 ,they were drinking at the bar2 that was enough to tell me that they meant to come out soon4 ,opdyke came out alone ten minutes later4 ,afterward ,i learned that his companion lived at the hotel4 ,he started down ,fifth avenue4 ,i moved along on the other side of the way4 ,once he looked round1 and ,i knew that he was looking at me4 ,did he suspect8 ,evidently1 for he crossed right over and managed to get behind me4 ,i grew nervous1 but there was no safe way but to keep straight on4 ,how keenly ,i listened to the ring of his footsteps ,i'll never tell you4 ,i still heard them2 he was coming toward me--not going back4 8,he don't suspect10 ,i muttered4 8,perhaps1 after all1 ,i'm wrong40 ,soon he passed me1 for ,i had slackened my pace4 ,he never turned his eyes1 though1 but just walked straight across the square1 passed the ,fifth ,avenue ,hotel1 and ,i saw him stop and speak to a hack driver on the ,twenty-third street side4 ,now1 here is where what ,old ,king ,brady called my fine work came in4#a ,i saw ,mr4 ,opdyke enter that hack1 and ,i saw the driver leap on the box and whip up his horses1 but ,i did not make the mistake of thinking that my man was inside4 ,why8 ,positively ,i can't tell4 ,i was too far away to see the dodge1 but ,i felt sure that he had passed through the hack1 paying the fellow to drive off as he did4 ,therefore1 instead of running after the hack down ,twenty-third street1 as a fool would have done1 ,i shot over to lower ,fifth avenue1 and was just in time to spy my man walking on ahead at a rapid pace4 ,he had crossed the street while ,i was watching the hack4 ,now ,i felt that ,i had no ordinary person to deal with4 ,he knew me1 and he knew that ,i knew him4 ,twice he looked around1 but ,i took care to remain as much as possible in the shadow of the buildings1 so he did not see me4 ,while ,i walked ,i changed my hat for another and put on ,english side whiskers--then ,i was a different man4 ,where was he going8 ,i had not long to wait without knowing4 ,he hurried down ,fifth avenue to ,waverly ,place--along ,waverly ,place to a certain side street1 running up the stoop of the corner house4 ,before ,i could reach the spot he had passed inside4 ,had ,i lost him8 ,at first ,i thought so1 and was wondering what ,i ought to do when a policeman came along4 ,i showed him my shield and told him what ,i was after4 8,what's going on in there80 ,i asked1 pointing to the house4 8,sure that's ,mike ,reed's10 said the officer4 8,you must be a new hand at the business if you don't know ,big ,mike40 ,now ,i didn't know ,big ,mike1 and ,i said so1 whereupon ,i was informed that the big one ran a little game4 ,how well the fellow knew6 8,is it a tough place80 ,i asked4 8,so1 so10 replied the officer4 ,i was too proud to ask him to help me4 ,i was resolved to capture that man myself and take him to the station--something ,i had never done as yet4 ,but ,i am willing to admit that ,i was all in a tremble when ,i pulled ,mike ,reed's bell4 ,there was no trouble in getting in4 ,one sharp look on the part of the darky door-tender1 and ,i was admitted4 ,there were quite a few persons in the lower rooms1 and among them ,mr4 ,opdyke4 ,he was standing over the rouge-et-noir table1 and had already taken a hand in the game4 ,i walked boldly up to the table and joined in4 ,opdyke looked up at me as ,i bought the chips1 but his glance was only momentary4 ,it was quite evident that he did not suspect4 ,we played out four rounds1 and to my astonishment ,i won4 ,i could see that ,opdyke was getting worked up1 and ,i threw down the cards and walked away4 ,i was deeply perplexed4 ,how could ,i accomplish my purpose without raising a scene8 ,there was one way which had suggested itself to me at the outset1 and for want of a better plan ,i resolved to try that4 ,now before ,i entered ,big ,mike's at all1 ,i had walked around on the side street and taken a careful survey of the ground4 ,there was a low brick wall dividing the yard from the street1 and a back piazza behind the house4 ,if ,i could only get him out into the back yard and through the side gate ,i thought1 ,i shall be all right4 ,i knew it was make or break with me4 ,if he was an innocent man1 my detective career was as good as closed1 for ,opdyke was a lawyer and a member of a good ,new ,york family4 ,nothing short of finding the jewels in his possession would fill the bill4 ,then ,i resolved to try the power of dollars and my official shield4 8,sam10 ,i said1 button-holing the darky in the hall4 8,yes1 sir40 8,do you want to make ten dollars80 8,yes1 sir1 you bet1 ef it won't cost me my job40 8,do you see that tall1 black-haired man in there80 8,yes1 sir40 8,know him80 8,yes1 sir4 ,he often come here40 8,is he liberal to you80 8,never give me a cent1 sir40 8,look here1 ,i'll give you ten dollars now if you do just as ,i say4 ,it shan't cost you your job and ,i'll give you ten more4 ,sam1 ,i'm a detective4 ,i want that man1 and ,i won't get him out of here without a row--see60 ,sam's eyes rolled until only the whites could be seen4 ,i had displayed my shield4 8,what can ,i do1 sir80 he asked1 pocketing the bill4 8,that back door10 ,i whispered1 8is it ever used80 8,always1 to go out of after midnight1 sir40 8,and the gate80 8,the gate opens on the inside1 sir1 wif a spring latch40 8,sam10 ,i continued1 8you open that gate1 let me out the back way1 and then call out that gentleman1 and tell him quietly that some one is on the back stoop who wants to see him4 ,if he comes out1 you'll find a ten dollar bill on the stoop just as soon as we're gone4 ,be sure you lock the door after he passes through40 ,when ,i told ,old ,king ,brady about that scheme1 he laughed1 and said it was a crazy one1 and might have got me into a heap of trouble4 ,very good4 ,i'm willing he should think so4 ,it succeeded all the same4 ,sam opened the gate1 let me out on the stoop1 and there ,i waited1 ten dollar bill in hand4 ,it was only for a few moments ,i had to wait1 but ,i just want you to understand that ,i got nervous4 ,i was all in a shake when the door suddenly opened1 and ,mr4 ,j4 ,dudley ,opdyke1 without a hat1 stepped out4 8,you60 he exclaimed4 8,what the devil do you want with me1 sir1 that you couldn't say inside80 ,bang went the door behind him1 and the key was heard to turn in the lock4 ,i think he suspected the moment the door closed1 but ,i didn't give him the chance to do anything--not even to say a word4 8,i want you60 ,i hissed1 covering him with my revolver1 and clutching his arm with what ,old ,king ,brady calls my iron grip4 ,he never said a word1 but just went for me4 ,in an instant my revolver was knocked out of my hand1 and we1 locked in each other's arms1 went rolling down the stoop4 ,then ,i thought he had me4 ,he was trying to get at his pistol--,i had no other weapon than the one ,i had lost4 ,everything seemed to depend then upon who happened to be the under dog4 ,well1 the under dog that time happened to be my humble self4 8,i'll never be taken alive10 he breathed1 half rising and planting his knee on my breast4 ,i saw the glitter of his revolver4 ,i saw him raise it--heard the cock click1 when suddenly a firm voice now grown familiar to me spoke4 8,don't yer do it1 boss4 ,drop that shooter or you're a dead duck4 ,one--two----0 ,the revolver went ringing to the pavement1 and through the gate a man came dashing with a cocked revolver in each hand4 ,by that ,i would have known him if by nothing else4 ,it was ,mrs4 ,welton's butler1 but it was also ,dave ,doyle6 8,grab him60 he breathed4 ,i had already grabbed him4 8,snake him through the gate before the house gets onto us60 he added4 ,well1 in spite of the fight he showed we 8snaked0 him through the gate4 8,what do you want80 ,opdyke stammered1 now completely cowed4 8,these60 ,i exclaimed1 pulling a jewel-case out of his inner pocket4 8,i haven't been shadowing you for nothing1 my friend40 8,diamonds60 echoed ,dave1 holding him while ,i opened the case4 8,i knowed we'd fetch him1 ,sam1 soon as ever ,i seen you go out of the house and started on the shadow myself40 ,well1 we got him safely to the station-house1 and then sent for ,old ,king ,brady4 ,after that ,i--but ,i think ,i've told my story about to the end1 so ,i may just as well wind up right here4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,note3--,now1 this is a case of double shadowing1 and it illustrates also a great principle in detective science1 7which is that when two men are earnestly working in a case1 both determined to succeed7 they will seemingly play into each other's hands4 ,i don't know how to explain it1 but it's almost always so4 ,dave ,doyle told me next morning that he was just as certain that ,sam ,kean would try to get his man out by the back way as he ever was of anything4 ,how did he know it8 ,now that is something ,i can't tell you--,i can only say that the same thing has often happened to me4 ,you see ,i was inclined to suspect ,opdyke1 because ,i had taken the trouble to inquire into his habits1 but ,i had no idea that ,sam would get anything more than a clew that night4 ,yet to make sure ,i had ,doyle put on the door as butler1 ,mrs4 ,welton was perfectly informed of the whole plot4 ,as soon as ,opdyke and his friend ,dalledouze left the house1 ,dave1 who had been alive to what was going on1 followed them4 ,he shadowed ,sam all the way to ,big ,mike's1 and never gave himself away once4 ,how did he do it8 ,why by keeping at a considerable distance and always in the shadow4 ,of course one runs a risk of losing the game by doing this1 but ,dave took the chances and won4 ,if ,sam's shadowing work was good1 then ,dave's was better1 but if ,i had told either that the other one was working on the case ,i doubt if the result would have been so good4 ,you can't act out your true nature if you know some one is watching you all the time4 ,sam had not the faintest idea that ,dave ,doyle was on the case until he sprang through ,big ,mike's back gate just in time to save his life1 while ,dave1 who had been in the house all the afternoon1 never knew that ,sam was coming until he suddenly appeared at the door4 ,before this ,dave had selected ,mr4 ,opdyke as the thief--,i mean before the night of the party1 because he had shadowed him to ,big ,mike's the day previous1 and there saw him exhibit a set of diamond jewelry--pin1 ear-rings1 etc4--of great value1 which ,dave at once recognized as stolen goods4 ,that is why ,i hoped ,sam would trap him1 and that it would be valuable practice for him1 ,i knew1 so--but there ,i've said enough and need only add that after a long and weary trial ,opdyke was convicted and sent to ,sing ,sing on a fifteen year sentence1 which was all it amounted to1 for he had powerful friends possessed of that mysterious influence 8political pull40 ,would you believe it8 ,in less than six months ,i met ,opdyke walking down ,broadway with all the assurance you please4 8,hello60 ,i exclaimed1 grabbing him by the arm unceremoniously1 8how did you get out80 8,go to thunder and find out60 he retorted1 pulling away4 ,i wasn't to be put off that way1 so ,i grabbed him again and let him understand that ,i meant business4 ,i ran him around to headquarters in short order4 ,well1 what do you think it amounted to for me8 ,confidentially1 let me tell you1 that it came pretty near depriving me of my own position on the police force4 ,next day ,i met ,mr4 ,opdyke sailing down ,wall street4 ,i didn't arrest him that time4 ,he is now a noted stock operator and is believed to be a millionaire1 but ,i know him to be a rascal from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet4 ,that's the way the efforts of the detective are often brought to nought4 ,it is an outrage and a shame that it should be so1 but so it is4 8,didn't ,i send you to the island for six months last week80 asked my friend ,judge ,curtain of a seedy looking specimen who was brought before him for petty larceny the other day4 8,yes1 yer honor10 was the answer4 8,then how is it that you are here80 8,dunno1 yer honor10 grinned the thief4 ,nor did any one else seem to know4 ,this time the judge gave him two years1 but six months later ,i saw him walking calmly down the ,bowery one night4 ,that's the way it goes in ,new ,york and always has4 ,if you are ever going to make a successful detective you have got to mind your own business strictly and not attempt to correct the morals of those over you4 ,nothing but trouble for yourself can ever result4 ,,footnote3 #a ,it is to illustrate ,sam ,kean's shrewdness at this particular point that ,i cite the case1 to show how easily we may be thrown off the scent when the criminal suspects4--,o4 ,k4 ,b4 ,,chapter ,,iv4 ,,disguises4 ,my chapter on shadowing was such a long one1 that ,i am afraid ,i have tired my reader out4 ,still1 shadowing is a very important feature of the detective business1 and must receive particular attention if you want to be a success4 ,let us now discuss disguises1 the most important thing of all1 perhaps4 ,there is far less disguising done by detectives than most people imagine4 ,it requires an artist to make a success in this line4 ,i flatter myself that ,i have been exceedingly successful as a disguiser1 and at one time in my life my great forte was disguising as an old woman4 ,i sometimes do that yet1 but not very often1 for it is a terribly dangerous part to play4 ,now ,i can't be expected to expose my secret methods of changing my appearance which it has taken me a life time to learn4 ,nor can any other detective4 ,they simply won't do it4 ,i'll advise1 but further than that ,i cannot go4 ,a poorly arranged disguise is worse than none at all1 for a sharp criminal can almost always penetrate it1 and the moment he does it's all up with you1 of course4 ,for ordinary work full disguises are not necessary4 ,but a detective should keep a smooth-shaven face and closely-cropped hair at all times1 so that by slipping on a false mustache or a wig he can alter his whole appearance4 ,this is about as far as it usually is necessary to go4 ,suppose my man who went with the defaulter to ,south ,america had depended on a disguise how far do you suppose he could have got without being discovered8 ,you see the point4 ,a calm exterior at all times and unbounded assurance is better than the best disguise4 ,of course if a man is a bit of a ventriloquist it is a great help1 but this is a rare gift1 and not always to be depended upon even with those who possess it4 ,change of clothing will do much4 ,i always carry several hats2 they are made expressly for me1 and can be stowed away on my person4 ,my usual coat is reversible2 so is my vest1 but with the trousers you can do nothing in a hurry1 of course4 ,a stand-up collar in place of a turn-down1 a colored necktie instead of a black one1 a few skillfully-placed lines about the eyes and mouth will change your whole appearance more than you have any idea4 ,this is about all ,i've got to say on the subject of disguises4 ,it is something every man must learn for himself4 ,the best detectives rarely employ them1 but they are sometimes an absolute necessity for all that4 ,dave ,doyle1 at the very beginning of his career1 began to show marked ability in making up a disguise4 ,i remember one case in particular where ,i sent him after some green goods men in which he did very clever work in that line4 ,let him tell the story himself4 ,,dave ,,doyle ,,and ,,the ,,green ,,goods ,,men4 ,when ,old ,king ,brady gave me that circular of the green goods men1 sent to him from ,bean ,corners1 ,kentucky1 by an honest store-keeper1 and told me that he expected ,i would bag the fellows1 ,i own up ,i was kind of stumped4 8,you've got to get good evidence against them1 ,dave10 he said4 8,it won't be no use for you to pull 'em in without you can prove just what they are40 ,the first thing ,i did was to ask ,old ,king ,brady to give me instructions1 but he wouldn't do nothing of the sort4 8,work it your own way10 he said4 8,i won't promise that ,i shan't put another man on either4 ,i want to see how you make out40 ,well1 the first thing ,i did was to take a long walk up ,broadway and think4 ,i can always think better on ,broadway than anywhere else4 ,i had read the circular over two or three times and about knew it by heart4 ,it was signed by a feller named ,clancy and stated1 as all them green-goods circulars do1 that he had some of the best counterfeit money in the world--so good that no one could ever detect it--which he was willing to sell at such a cheap price that a man could easy get rich in a week or two if he could only work the stuff off4 ,of course there was no address4 ,the fellow what got the circular was told to write to the ,new ,york post-office and make an appointment at some hotel4 ,this is just what ,i done4 ,i wrote a letter to ,mr4 ,clancy and sent it out to a cousin of mine in ,wisconsin to mail4 ,i didn't tell any one ,i done this4 ,after about ten days ,i got a letter from my cousin enclosing one from ,mr4 ,clancy4 ,he was very glad that ,i had sense enough to take in the greatest opportunity of the age4 ,he would meet me at ,van ,dyke's hotel in the ,bowery1 just as ,i said1 and would soon show me the way to get rich4 ,i said in my answer that ,i'd be in front of the hotel on a certain day at a certain hour1 and would blow my nose twice with a red handkerchief4 ,he was to know me by that4 ,the name ,i gave was ,spalding4 ,i made out ,i kept a country store at ,jim's ,river--that's the name of the town where my cousin lived4 ,of course ,i was on hand at the appointed time4 ,so was ,mr4 ,clancy4 ,i was made up just a little--not much--but ,i wasn't made up like ,mr4 ,spalding4 ,not a bit of it4 ,i got ,sam ,kean to do that1 for ,i had told him all about the case1 and asked him to help me out1 which of course he did1 for ever since that night ,i saved his life in that ,broadway store1 ,sam and me has been the best of friends4 ,sam stood right in front of the ,van ,dyke just as the big clock behind the bar was striking three4 ,i was just across ,bayard street1 standing in the doorway of the ,new ,england1 taking the whole business in4 ,no sooner had ,sam pulled out his red handkerchief1 and given a snort that knocked the cornet fellow in the ,dime ,museum across the street silly1 than ,i saw a good-looking chap with black whiskers and very respectable1 come across the ,bowery4 ,he walked right by me1 so ,i got a good look at him4 ,next thing ,i knew he was talking to ,sam4 ,i watched 'em for near half an hour4 ,he seen me watching1 too1 and got nervous1 but this was just what ,i wanted1 so ,i never budged4 ,bimeby he give it up1 and ,sam went back into the hotel1 ,mr4 ,clancy making tracks down the ,bowery as fast as ever he could go4 8,that's all right10 says ,i4 8,so far first-rate40 ,i wanted to speak to ,sam most awfully1 but ,i didn't dare1 for you see ,i couldn't tell who might be watching1 so ,i just scooted down the ,bowery1 and catching up with man1 gave him a tap on the shoulder4 ,you'd just orter seen him turn on me1 but ,i was as cool as a cucumber1 you bet4 8,what yer want80 he says4 8,you10 says ,i1 showing my shield4 ,he turned white and then began to bluff4 8,oh1 you go to blazes60 he says4 8,you don't know what you're talking about40 8,yes1 ,i do10 ,i says4 8,i know well enough4 ,i'm sent after ,clancy1 the green goods man1 and you're the very fellow1 but if you'll jest keep your shirt on we may fix the thing up40 8,say1 young feller10 he whispered1 catching my arm1 8say1 ,i ain't ,clancy4 ,clancy's a friend of mine1 but if they're onto our racket mebbe we might fix it up together for him40 8,of course1 if you're only reasonable10 ,i says4 8,oh1 ,i'm the most reasonablest feller you ever seen10 he says1 8if you only rub me the right way4 ,let's come and have a drink4 ,i seen you watching me back there1 and ,i know'd you was a detective4 ,i know'd1 too1 that you was one of the sensible kind40 ,well1 we went and had a drink--in fact we had three or four4 8,are the police onto us80 he says4 8,they are10 says ,i4 8,if they wasn't1 why would ,i be here8 ,they know all about you1 and ,i advise you as a friend to change your quarters at once40 8,to-day80 he says1 looking kind of scared like4 8,yes1 to-day40 8,won't to-morrow do80 he says1 laying a twenty dollar bill down on the table where we was sitting4 8,green goods80 says ,i1 picking up the bill4 8,not much10 says he1 laughing4 8,i guess you know what green goods amounts to as well as ,i do1 ,reilly10--,reilly was the name ,i give him when we first began to talk4 8,to-morrow won't do4 ,i'm on the case to-day10 ,i says1 8but to-morrow ,i've got to go to ,boston1 and they may put on another man when ,i tell them ,i saw you trying to scoop in a sucker at the ,van ,dyke40 8,but you won't tell 'em80 he says4 8,oh1 ,i'll have to10 says ,i4 8,how do ,i know that some other feller wasn't watching me same as ,i was watching you80 ,he looked kind of nervous and bothered like1 and ,i knew why4 8,look here1 boss10 ,i says1 8how long do you want80 8,only about an hour10 he says eager like1 8and then ,i'll be ready to move1 and there'll be a hundred dollars dropped anywheres you say40 8,it's a go10 says ,i4 8,is that sucker well lined80 8,three thousand10 says he4 8,i seen a thousand of it meself1 and ,i know there's more40 ,i may as well mention that ,old ,king ,brady lent me a thousand to work with--real green goods2 not a good bill among the lot1 ,i thought4 8,when are you going to meet him80 ,i says4 8,about five o'clock10 says he1 8in front of the ,astor ,house4 ,he's afraid to move about in daylight for fear the police will go for him4 ,ha--ha6 the fool4 ,he's just about the greenest ,i ever seen1 yet he seems to be an intelligent kind of a chap1 too40 8,you shall have the time10 says ,i4 8,i won't report till six o'clock--will that do80 8,oh1 elegantly6 ,where'll you lay in the meanwhile80 8,is there a back way out of this place80 8,you bet there is40 8,then that's enough4 ,i'll manage the rest40 8,an' the hundred dollars80 ,i gave him a fictitious address to which ,i told him to mail the money--as though he would have done it in any case4 ,then we separated1 ,i going out the back way1 he by the front4 ,so far my little scheme had worked to a charm4 ,when ,i got round into ,chatham ,square ,i looked in every direction for ,mr4 ,clancy without being able to get a sight of him4 ,at last ,i slid into a certain saloon just above the ,atlantic ,garden4 ,i expected to find ,mr4 ,spalding of ,jim's ,river waiting for me there and ,i did4 ,i made for the wash-room1 and presently he followed4 8,what luck1 ,sam80 ,i whispered1 as soon as ,i made sure that we were alone4 8,bully--he bit40 8,i should say so4 ,you showed him the green goods80 8,yes3 he was so struck with the bigness of the pile that he never stopped to look at them particularly--he feels dead sure they're all straight40 8,you didn't find out where his place is80 8,ah1 no1 ,i'm to meet him at the ,astor ,house at #e1 and he's to take me there40 8,i know all that10 ,i answered hurriedly4 8,off with your clothes1 old man40 8,not here1 ,dave10 he says4 8,yes1 here4 ,we'll change a piece at a time4 ,must do it4 ,all would be spoiled if we were to be seen together40 ,it was ticklish changing1 but we got through with it splendid4 ,there was a glass in the place1 and when ,i looked at myself ,i declare ,i could hardly believe it wasn't ,sam in his disguise what was standing there1 but of course ,sam hadn't red hair1 so he didn't look much like me4 ,i didn't want that1 though--didn't expect it4 ',twasn't part of the game4 8,lay low now1 young feller10 says ,i1 8and don't let 'em see you4 ,if there's any sign of a row you just sail right in40 8,you bet ,i will60 says he4 8,i ain't forgot1 ,dave1 that you saved my life twice10 which was all very well for him to say1 and ,i had no objection to his thinking so1 though1 between ourselves1 ,i never felt that that fellow ,opdyke had the courage to shoot4 ,well1 ,i was at the ,astor ,house at five o'clock1 feeling a little bit shaky ,i will admit4 ,i seen him coming across from the post office4 ,he'd been to get more green goods letters from country suckers1 ,i s'pose4 ,first off ,i thought he was going past1 but pretty soon he saw me and steered straight for me4 ,i watched him close as he gave me one sharp look4 ,then ,i knew ,i was safe4 8,you're on time10 he says1 coming up close to me4 8,see1 ,i've been over to the post-office1 look at this bunch of letters4 ,they are all from fellows who've tried my goods and want more4 ,that's the kind of business ,i do40 8,let me read one of the letters so ,i'll know you ain't foolin' me10 ,i says1 doing ,sam's country voice as well as ,i could4 ,i saw him come the flim-flam and snake a letter out of his pocket and work it into the bundle4 ,that was the letter he gave me to read1 of course1 and equally of course it was a blooming fake4 ,it told how the writer had used up ten thousand dollars in green goods in three months without ever having a complaint4 ,he was the slickest fellow with his hands ever ,i seen4 ,he got another out of his pocket somehow1 pretending to get it out of the pile1 and ,i never seen him1 although ,i was looking for that very thing4 8,seems to be a good business10 says ,i4 8,you bet10 says he4 8,can we go now80 says ,i4 8,we could have gone this afternoon if it hadn't been for you10 says he4 8,there's nothing at all to fear4 ,i've been doing this thing too long not to know how to manage the racket1 you bet40 8,where's your place80 says ,i4 8,come with me and ,i'll show you10 says he4 ,i asked him if he was sure there wasn't no one watching us1 which gave me an excuse to look 'round for ,sam1 who had stopped over by the post office4 ,i couldn't see nothing of him1 though1 and ,i wondered where he'd gone4 8,come on2 it's all safe10 says ,clancy4 8,i've got the biggest pull with the police of any man in ,new ,york4 ,why1 ,i pay the commissioners their little divvy4 ,i don't bother with no captains even4 ,there isn't an officer of the force what would dare to touch me40 ,i could hardly keep from laughing as ,i followed him around into ,ann street1 where gamblers and green goods men used to be a big sight plentier in them days than they are now4 ,we got to a door on the left hand side just beyond the alley4 ,i thought he was going up-stairs to ,jack ,bridge's place1 but no1 he made a dive down into a lager beer saloon in the basement1 took me into a back room and then1 unlocking a door1 we landed in a little box of a place about four by five1 where there was nothing but a stove1 a desk and a couple of chairs4 ,he locked the door first of all--then he turned on me4 ,i tell you now if ,i wasn't measuring that man it's a caution6 8,i wonder which of us two's got the most muscle10 thinks ,i4 8,let's see your money1 ,mr4 ,spalding60 says he1 handing me a cigar and lighting one himself4 8,let's see yours60 says ,i4 8,gimme a light60 8,you're a cool one10 says he4 8,d'yer 'spose ,i'm going to give up my green goods and take my chances of getting my pay80 8,but you've seen my money once40 8,oh1 all right4 ,you're suspicious4 ,you think ,i ain't straight4 ,that's what's the matter with you1 my boy40 8,not at all4 ,i only want to be on the safe side4 ,i haven't come all the way from ,wisconsin to be sucked in--let me tell you that40 8,you needn't holler so10 he says4 8,i hain't deef4 ,do you want every one in the saloon to hear you80 8,you don't think there's no danger1 do you80 ,i says4 8,no1 ,i guess nothing serious is done yet10 says he1 8but to make all sure ,i'll just step out and look how the land lays40 ,i knew his game4 ,he'd gone to make ready to shift the bags--it was the old dodge4 ,i made up my mind to use the minute ,i had for all it was worth4 ,there was two doors to the place1 the one leading into the saloon we'd came in by4 ,i wanted to see where the other led to and ,i found out1 for ,i opened it with one of my skeleton keys4 ,theater ,alley was outside4 ,i didn't fasten the door1 and had no more'n time to get back to the desk where he'd left me than ,mr4 ,clancy was in again4 8,it's all right10 he says4 8,nobody tumbled4 ,don't talk so loud again--that's all4 ,now ,i'll show you the goods1 and we'll close this little transaction in just about two seconds4 ,i want you to understand1 my friend1 that this is no saw-dust swindle4 ,i know you think so1 but you are as much mistaken as though you'd lost your shirt4 ,there'll be no sending the goods by express4 ,no1 sir4 ,i shall give them to you right in this room1 and here they are40 ,he opened a drawer in the desk and took out a big pile of new greenbacks--straight money1 mind you1 every bit of it4 ,it takes money to run a green-goods business1 ,i want you to understand4 8,how much'll you take80 says he1 after ,i had examined one or two sample bills till ,i told him ,i was satisfied4 8,guess ,i'll strike in with a thousand dollars' worth10 says ,i4 8,how much'll that buy80 8,three thousand10 he says4 8,i'm going to be liberal with you1 ,spalding1 and give you three for one40 8,wall10 says ,i as though ,i was thinking like1 8if that's the case you'd better make it two thousand40 8,say three80 8,hain't got so much40 8,but you said you had up at the ,van ,dyke40 8,wall1 letter go10 ,i says4 8,you see1 three thousand in counterfeit bills was just what ,i had40 ,he counted out his money and ,i counted mine4 ,then he counted mine and ,i counted his4 8,how you going to carry it80 says he1 kinder nervous like4 ,his eyes were fixed so sharp on his own money in my hands that he hardly looked at mine1 and as the place was kinder dark never seemed to tumble to the fact that it wasn't all ,o4,k4 8,carry it in my pockets10 says ,i4 8,that pile80 says he--8you see it was all ones and fives1 while mine was in fifties and hundreds and there was a slew of 'em4 ,you can't do it4 ,you'd be overhauled before you could get to the ,herald office4 ,i'll lend you my grip sack10 he says4 ,it was the old dodge--just what ,i'd been expecting4 ,i felt kind of nervous myself then1 especially for ,old ,king ,brady's counterfeit money1 for it's against the law for any one to handle counterfeit money--even detectives are not excepted1 ,i want you to understand1 and my boss had told me he'd hold me responsible if it wasn't got back4 ,he put his money in the bag and mine in the desk4 ,then he put the bag on the desk and began jumping round all of a sudden1 whispering that there was a row in the saloon and he'd have to go out and see what it was4 ,there must have been a row if noise went for anything1 but ,i've no doubt it was a put up job4 ,he ran to the door1 and ,i pretended to follow him1 but all the same ,i had my eye peeled for the bag1 and saw it disappear through a panel in the back of the desk just as ,i had expected1 and another just like it come in its place4 8,it's all right2 only two fellers fighting10 he says1 popping in next minute4 8,now1 then1 everything is all straight1 and you'd better light out as soon as you can1 for that fight may draw the cops in40 ,he picked up the bag and handed it to me4 8,you'd better go out this way10 he says1 pointing to the door4 ,now the ticklish time had come4 ,where was ,sam8 ,it had been arranged that he should follow me and be ready to help in case ,i needed him1 but ,i hadn't seen nothing of him when ,i looked out4 ,clancy seemed surprised when he found the door unlocked4 8,slide right out10 he whispered4 8,i hear some one coming40 8,all right10 says ,i1 8but you'll come1 too10 and ,i grabbed him by the collar1 and1 before he knew what was coming1 was dragging him up the steps4 ,i'd dropped the bag and had yanked out my revolver1 but ,i never got the chance to use it--oh1 no6 ,quick as a wink he out with a knife and tried to get at me4 ,i saw the flash of the blade and managed to knock up his arm4 ,then ,i went down right in the alley and he on top of me4 ,i tell you ,i was scared4 ,things began to dance before my eyes1 and ,i thought ,i was a goner when all at once two men jumped out from behind a lot of ash barrels and pulled him over on his back4 8,old ,king ,brady60 ,i heard him gasp1 and there it ended as far as he was concerned4 8,hold him1 ,dave60 hollered ,old ,king ,brady1 diving through the door4 ,me and the other fellow held on like grim death1 you bet4 ,let's see1 ,i forgot to say that the other fellow was ,sam4 ,that was about the end of it altogether1 for ,old ,king ,brady scooped in his pal at the point of the revolver just as he was coming through the door to find out what the row was all about4 ,it was a mighty lucky thing for me1 too1 that they happened to come along just as they did1 for if they hadn't ,i honestly believe ,i'd been a dead man in about one minute's time4 ,we scooped 'em both1 but we didn't get their money1 for of course the bag was stuffed with old newspaper4 ,what became of it we never knew4 ,old ,king ,brady found his in the drawer of the desk1 though1 and when ,i began to talk about it as counterfeit he only laughed at me4 8,i was fooling you about that1 ,dave10 he said4 8,it's every dollar of it good40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,note4--,of course ,i wouldn't have dared to handle counterfeit money any more for that purpose than any other1 for it's entirely against the law even to have the stuff in your possession4 ,i own ,i let ,dave believe that it was counterfeit1 although ,i didn't actually tell him so1 and ,i did this because ,i thought he'd be too cautious with it and spoil the whole game if he thought it was good4 ,of course ,i ran the risk of losing it--,i knew that4 ,i expected to lose it1 but ,i was willing to take the chances for the sake of accomplishing my ends4 ,now ,i must say that my pupil displayed considerable ingenuity in handling the case1 and as ,i had never asked him1 and he had never told me any of his plans from the moment he began to work1 he was justly surprised that ,i happened along as ,i did4 ,but it was no accident4 ,i knew all about it4 ,i saw the meeting at the ,van ,dyke1 ,i overheard the conversation in the saloon1 ,i followed them from the ,astor ,house to ,ann street1 and was peering through the window when the transfer of the money was made4 ,dave told ,sam ,keen all about the business1 and ,sam1 by my direction1 told me4 ,i had put the boy on his mettle1 but ,i didn't propose to see him harmed1 and he came precious near losing his life as it was4 ,now there's an example of how ,i can shadow4 ,i'd say more about it1 but ,i don't want to boast4 ,i changed my appearance three times that afternoon4 ,sam knew me1 for he helped me1 but ,dave never had the slightest suspicion that he was under 8,old ,king ,brady's0 eye4 ,we sent those two rascals up for a long term1 and so far as ,i know1 they served it out4 ,i presume the saloon keeper got the money and kept it4 ,of course he was one of the gang1 and ,i closed up his place in a hurry1 but as ,i could prove nothing against him he was soon set free4 ,dave1 adopting ,sam's disguise1 was as skillful a piece of business as ,i ever did4 ,i don't think ,clancy--that wasn't his name by the way--has the slightest idea to this day that he was not dealing with the same person from first to last4 ,,chapter ,v4 ,,ringing ,,in4 ,another very important duty that a detective often has to perform is to 8ring in with the gang40 ,to arrest a criminal without having first obtained sufficient evidence to convict him of his crimes1 seldom leads to any good result4 ,often gangs of thieves organize for business1 and if you get one you get all of them1 as a rule1 for thieves seldom have any honor among themselves1 the old saying to the contrary1 nevertheless4 ,now to catch a gang like this it is often necessary to select a man to join them1 a very ticklish business1 by the way4 ,if the thieves are young men1 you've got to get a young man to do the job4 ,i'd be no use at all in such a case4 ,i remember shortly after the green goods case that an order came to me from the inspector to look into the matter of a gang of young toughs who were believed to make their headquarters in an unused sewer away up on ,first avenue4 ,for a long time these scoundrels had maintained a perfect reign of terror in the neighborhood of ,east #ffth street1 knocking men down and robbing them in broad daylight1 breaking into stores1 coming the flim-flam game on women1 and all that sort of business4 ,there's just such a gang operating on the ,west side of ,new ,york now1 and the police seem quite powerless to do anything to put them down4 ,when the matter was placed in my hands ,i sent for ,dave and told him that he must join that gang1 find out their secret hiding-place and then betray them into my hands4 ,dave heaved a sigh4 8,couldn't you get somebody else to do that beside me1 ,mr4 ,brady80 he asked4 8,why1 ,dave10 said ,i1 8you have been selected because ,i think you just the man for the job4 ,what's the matter with you going8 ,why do you object80 8,well1 to tell the trute1 ,mr4 ,brady 7,dave always dropped into his old ,new ,york accent the moment he was the least excited71 that gang is a tough one40 8,you are afraid80 8,oh1 no60 8,i could hardly believe it after all the evidence ,i have had of your courage4 ,what1 then80 8,bad luck to it all1 me first cousin1 ,patsey ,malloy1 is running that gang10 he blurted out4 8,you wouldn't have me go against my own flesh and blood60 8,now you look here1 young man10 said ,i1 going up to him and shaking my finger in his face4 8,you just want to understand one thing1 and that is1 if you are ever going to make a successful detective1 you've got to lay all personal considerations aside4 ,this ,patsey ,malloy--is he a bad one80 8,you're right1 he is60 replied ,dave gloomily4 8,has he broken the law80 8,a t'ousand times60 8,and you are under your solemn oath to arrest all lawbreakers80 ,dave looked confused4 8,can't we fix it no way so's to save ,patsy80 he asked4 8,if that could be done ,i suppose you would just as soon see the rest bagged as not80 said ,i4 8,why1 of course60 he answered1 hastily4 8,and ,i think it can be fixed4 ,i'll see ,patsy and let him know it's either a question of his turning ,state's evidence and giving me the gang or having some one else put on what'll scoop 'em all in40 8,would he do that80 ,i asked4 8,why1 of course1 rather than be took himself10 replied ,dave1 looking surprised that ,i should ask such a question4 ,that settled it so far as ,dave was concerned4 ,i told him that ,i'd think about it and let him know4 ,i saw at once that he was not the man for the work4 ,then ,i sent for ,sam ,kean4 ,as soon as he came ,i told him the whole story4 8,do you think you could ring in with that gang80 ,i asked4 8,i'd like to try ever so much10 he said4 8,i've wanted this long time to see what ,i could do with the roughest classes40 8,ain't you afraid80 8,not a bit of it40 8,if they get an idea of the truth they'll certainly kill you4 ,your life wouldn't be worth two cents40 8,i'll take the risk1 ,mr4 ,brady10 he said1 boldly4 8,all right10 said ,i2 8you shall do it2 but you must work quick4 ,i want you to begin to-night40 8,i'll do it1 sir10 he said1 and he did do it most effectually4 ,let him tell the rest of the story himself4 ,,joining ,,the ,,gang4 ,it was a cold night when ,i joined the sewer gang4 ,old ,king ,brady says ,i must make a short story of it1 so ,i'll just begin in the middle and not tell how ,i located the gang--how ,i found that one of their hanging out places was a certain gin mill on the corner of ,first avenue and ,seventy-third street2 how ,i learned that they numbered more than seventy1 ranging in age from twelve years to thirty4 ,briefly ,i found out all that and more4 ,it was a howling wilderness up in that neigborhood in those days1 though it's all altered now2 literally howling that night1 for the wind blew a perfect gale1 as it is very apt to do in the month of ,march4 ,i knew all about the neighborhood1 for during the week ,i had been scouring it in every direction collecting evidence4 ,i heard of men being waylaid and knocked down in broad daylight1 or unwary drunkards being lured into those solitudes1 robbed and thrown over the rocks into the ,east ,river2 of burglaries and all sorts of outrages being committed4 ,yes1 ,i want you to understand that gang was tough4 ,so was ,i--in appearance4 ,i wore a pair of ragged trousers1 old shoes with my frozen toes almost on the ground4 ,overcoat ,i had none1 and the coat ,i did have was thin1 dirty and ragged1 buttoned up to the throat to conceal a fearful-looking shirt1 under which were three others1 or ,i should certainly have frozen to death4 ,as for my hat1 ,i need only say that ,i picked it out of the ash scow at the ,seventeenth street dump4 ,when ,i reached the lumber shed on the corner of ,sixty-ninth street ,i stopped and whistled1 leaning up against the fence4 ,presently ,i heard a voice speak through a knot-hole in the fence and say3 8,is it you80 8,yes10 said ,i4 8,all ,o4,k480 8,yes10 said ,i4 8,i'm to meet him in ten minutes4 ,i had a long talk with him last night and all is fixed40 8,where is it80 asked the voice4 8,couldn't find out10 ,i replied4 8,you'll have to follow me and see40 8,all right4 ,be very careful10 said the voice--then all was quiet4 ,i had worked hard to get as far as ,i had got in the business4 ,how ,i managed to get acquainted with one of the leading spirits of the gang ,i ain't going to tell4 ,it is enough to say that ,i had got acquainted with him and that he had promised to initiate me that night4 8,red ,mc,cann0--that was his name4 ,i met him in the gin-mill ten minutes later4 ,he and two other toughs were waiting for me by appointment4 ,they greeted me in the most friendly manner and we had several beers at my expense4 ,it was a great night for me1 and ,i was expected to treat4 ,i was going to 8join the gang40 ,soon we started across lots working down toward the river4 ,just what street we were near at last ,i can't say1 for but few were opened then1 and these being cut through the solid rock all looked alike4 ,it was terrible cold1 and ,i want you to understand that ,i was glad to get to the end of the journey at last4 8,ain't we most there80 ,i asked of ,red ,mc,cann4 8,i'm just about perished40 8,oh1 you'll be there soon enough1 cully10 he answered1 winking at his companion1 a fellow called 8,schnitz40 ,whether it was really his name or not1 ,i'm sure ,i don't know4 ,i saw the wink1 and for the first time ,i began to wonder whether1 after all1 ,i had not deceived myself in thinking that ,i had deceived these fellows as to my true character4 ,but1 no2 ,i couldn't believe it--,i wouldn't believe it4 ,i had worked so hard to accomplish my purpose4 ,i had gone to lengths that made me shudder to think of4 ,beside1 ,i knew if they even suspected me my life was scarce worth a rush4 ,i forced myself--absolutely forced myself--not to be afraid4 8,is it much further1 ,red80 ,i asked in my best 8tough0 dialect4 8,only a little way10 he answered4 8,do you see that house right by the river bank80 8,yes40 8,do you see de woods on de left80 8,the woods10 was a little clump of locust trees1 once a shady grove in some gentleman's grounds in the days when the house would have been called a mansion4 8,i see10 ,i said4 8,well1 we get into the sewer through that house by way of de cellar10 answered ,red4 8,we've got a underground passage cut jist like you read about in dime novels4 ,oh1 ,i tell you it's bully6 ,we've got feather beds and eat off chiny dishes4 ,we only take our beer out of silver mugs----0 8,you lie10 broke in ,schnitz laughing2 8we keep our beer in silver kegs and drink it outer gold steins40 8,you're fooling me1 boys10 said ,i1 in dismay1 an icy coldness striking around my heart4 8,not much1 you son of a gun60 cried ,red4 8,it's you who are trying to fool us4 ,hey fellers6 ,here we are6 ,let's initiate ,detective ,kean60 ,can you fancy my feelings at that moment8 ,if you can't try and fancy them at the next1 when ,i suddenly found myself surrounded by twenty or thirty of the toughest-looking specimens ,i ever laid my eyes on4 ,we had reached the grove now1 and a man seemed to spring from behind every tree4 ,i saw that my midnight mission was already accomplished4 ,make no mistake--,i had joined the gang6 ,it was no use to attempt to defend myself4 ,they were around me like a pack of wolves in an instant1 a dozen hands held me1 a dozen more were going through my clothes1 possessing themselves of revolvers1 knives1 money--everything1 even to my official shield1 which1 like a fool1 ,i had loose in my trousers' pocket4 ,if ever ,i felt sick it was then1 but ,i had hope4 ,the voice which talked to me through the lumber yard fence was ,old ,king ,brady's4 ,he ought to be on hand with a posse of police even now4 8,oh1 you needn't look for your friends10 cried ,red ,mc,cann sneeringly4 8,we seen you talking with them down by the lumber yard4 ,we've fixed all that--we've given 'em the proper steer4 8,hey fellers60 he added1 8this is the bloke what tought he was goin' ter ring in wid us4 ,what'll we do wid him6 ,it's for you to say40 8,punch him6 ,slug him6 ,shoot him6 ,drown him80 ,these and several other pleasing suggestions were offered by the crowd4 ,where was ,old ,king ,brady8 ,was it as ,red claimed that he had been thrown off the scent4 ,i felt that ,i was lost then1 and ,i am willing to admit that ,i gave myself up to die1 for they fell upon me like savages1 kicking and beating me1 dragging me at last to the edge of the rocky bluffs which overhung the ,east river1 and pushing me over4 ,before ,i knew what was coming ,i went whirling through the air with frightful velocity1 striking the water below with a resounding splash4 ,that is the way ,i joined the gang6 ,never shall ,i forget the moment when ,i rose to the surface and began struggling with that terrible current which sweeps through the narrow channel between ,blackwell's ,island the ,new ,york shore4 ,it seemed hours since ,i had fallen1 yet it could scarce have been seconds4 ,up on the hill ,i could hear men shouting1 and as ,i straggled toward the rocks ,i saw ,old ,king ,brady and his policemen appear on the bluffs and look down4 8,help6 help6 help60 ,i shouted1 but the wind swept my voice over to the island4 ,to my despair ,i saw ,old ,king ,brady turn away and ,i knew that he had not heard4 8,help6 help6 ,help1 ,mr4 ,brady60 called another voice right before me as if in echo of my own4 ,i raised my eyes and looked ahead4 ,i was near the rocks now1 swimming as well at my bruised and frozen limbs would permit4 ,there1 crouching upon them1 ,i saw the figure of one of the gang whom ,i instantly recognized as a fellow who had been particularly active in the attack upon myself4 ,oh1 how my heart sank6 ,i turned on my back and was about to strike out into the deep channel1 when suddenly ,i saw ,old ,king ,brady coming back to the edge of the bluff4 8,hold on1 ,sam4 ,hold on6 ,don't go back for ,god's sake60 called the fellow on the rocks in a familiar voice4 ,he leaned forward1 caught my foot1 and began dragging me in shore4 ,did ,i resist him8 ,oh1 no6 ,i guess not4 ,i was so surprised1 so overcome1 that ,i think ,i must have fainted4 ,when ,i came to myself a moment later1 ,i was lying on the rocks above the reach of the tide1 and bending over me were ,old ,king ,brady and the young tough4 8,kean6 ,kean6 rouse yourself60 exclaimed the detective4 8,i was just a moment or two slow4 ,thank goodness6 he's coming round all right again6 ,you've been deceived1 ,kean2 they're on to you----0 8,well1 ,i should think ,i might know it10 ,i answered1 somewhat testily4 8,i've been sucked in1 fooled1 played with--it's a wonder ,i wasn't killed40 8,which you might have been if it hadn't been for our friend here10 he answered1 glancing at the young man who had appeared upon the rocks4 8,it's all right though4 ,you've tracked 'em here1 and that's been the means of bringing about just what we want1 or will be4 ,this young man is going to show us the way into the sewer1 he says40 8,to turn informer80 said ,i4 8,why1 he's one of the gang1 you know40 8,yes1 yes1 and here come my gang down the rocks at last4 ,now1 then1 young man1 pilot the way1 and ,i'll make it worth your while1 you can be very sure40 ,he raised his lantern1 which he had drawn from his pocket1 and threw its light before the villain's face1 starting back as he did so with an exclamation of surprise4 8,dave6 ,dave ,doyle6 ,it can't be10 he burst out4 8,but it is1 though1 ,mr4 ,brady10 was the quiet reply4 8,you wouldn't trust me1 so ,i had to do this job myself4 ,i've done it too4 ,call your men1 get ready your revolvers4 ,i'm going to show you the secret way into the sewer1 and there's nothing in the world to prevent you from capturing the whole gang40 99 99 99 99 99 ,,note4--,well1 ,i own ,i was surprised when my lantern suddenly revealed ,dave standing there upon the rocks4 ,you see1 ,i hadn't been thinking anything about the fellow1 so why should ,i expect to see him8 ,i was taken all aback4 ,i presume my readers expected an entirely different termination to this story4 ,let me add1 so did ,i4 ,i thought ,sam was succeeding splendidly1 ,i never dreamed that ,dave had moved in the matter till ,i saw through his carefully arranged disguise as we three stood there on the rocks4 ,i have introduced this case simply to show you how detectives sometimes get left as well as other folks4 ,it was ,dave1 not ,sam who showed us the secret entrance to the sewer in which the gang had their headquarters1 and whither they had now retreated in fancied security4 ,i had not been deceived by the false 8steer40 ,but ,i have not space enough left to tell how we captured them4 ,let it suffice to say that we did capture them1 that we scooped them in completely1 and during the brief fight none fought better than ,dave ,doyle who captured his cousin with his own hands4 ,to this day ,i doubt if ,mr4 ,patsy ,malloy knows that it was ,dave4 ,we broke up the sewer gang forever1 and sent a lot of them over to the island1 and now for the point ,i want to bring out strong4 ,every man to his own kind4 ,that's the best rule a detective has to follow4 ,if it is hard to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear1 it is equally hard to make a sow's ear out of a silk purse4 ,i tried to make a tough out of ,sam ,kean1 and ,i failed4 ,why1 ,dave1 who had secretly joined the sewer gang a week before ,sam got ready to begin1 told me that they saw through ,sam from the very start4 8,he couldn't fool 'em1 ,mr4 ,brady10 he said4 8,i was awful sorry ,i couldn't warn him1 and ,i would have done so if ,i'd knowed he was going to come that night1 but ,i didn't until it was too late4 ,i meant all along to tell him in time40 8,why couldn't he fool 'em1 ,dave80 ,i asked4 8,can't you tell a tough when you see one80 8,i rather think ,i can40 8,then so can we tell a gentleman4 ,i'm a tough myself1 and ,i know40 ,he was right1 but be overstated the case in calling himself a tough4 ,dave ,doyle had been born among them and brought up among them1 but he never was a tough himself1 but a thoroughly honest fellow from the word go4 ,when ,i intimated that he was not the man for the sewer-gang job1 on account of his relationship with the leader1 he resolved to show me that he was the man1 and he did4 ,dave succeeded without an effort where ,sam1 with all his efforts1 failed1 and came within an ace of losing his life4 ,therefore1 ,i say1 every one to his place4 ,but ,sam ,kean made a splendid detective4 ,i used him as my society man for years1 until he went off at last on his own hook4 ,so also with ,dave4 ,he remained my man for the work in the slums and a better one ,i never had4 99 99 99 99 99 ,now then1 boys1 has all this taught you how to become a detective8 ,i'm afraid not4 ,i'm afraid that after all you feel disappointed that ,i have not laid down some cast-iron rule which will throw you into the high tide of success in our business like the touch of ,aladdin's lamp4 ,let me say to the disappointed ones confidentially give up the idea of ever becoming a detective4 ,it will be just as well1 in fact1 a great deal better4 ,if you can't see the force of all my remarks1 if you can't learn the lessons contained in the cases cited1 believe the old man when he tells that your genius runs in other channels1 and you will do better to leave the detective business severely alone4 ,as for the rest of you--you who have read this little book and enjoyed it1 ,i mean--there is at least reason to believe that you might make successful detectives if you have a mind to persevere4 ,but is the game worth the candle8 ,think what a 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